Speed concerns

[ghost]

Hi,
I've found Argos to be a great tool for providing UIs for my python scripts. The Advanced Application Launcher script on the README is actually something i want to have. But the issue is, it takes about 5 seconds to start working, i.e., 5 seconds AFTER GNOME starts up every boot. The delay wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't that the system actually hangs during these 5 seconds. This is obviously worse than simply using "Frippery Applications Menu" or a similar extension.
Adding a lot of objects to the menu seems to be what is causing the delay. I'm ready to do tests if need be. For me, this results in an almost unnoticeable lag but for someone with a huge list of apps would face trouble with this.
Hope I'm of some help to you,
Thanks for this amazing piece of software

[p-e-w]

I suspect this is an issue with either the script or some other system-specific problem. Argos doesn't block, it uses asynchronous calls everywhere. On every system I've tested, scripts load instantly. The menu widgets created by Argos are the same as used by any other extension.

What version of GNOME Shell are you on? What is the output of the script when run from the console?

[ghost]

GNOME 3.24
I've looked further into it. The delay is, like you said, due to the script, it takes time to load the list. But the bigger issue here is that this freezes GNOME and everything else, which shouldn't be happening.

[VVhitehead]

Can confirm,
Gnome version 3.24.1
OS: Arch Linux

[p-e-w]

I can't reproduce this on GNOME Shell 3.22. Even if I place sleep 60 in a script it doesn't block the shell at all although it takes a minute to execute.

[ghost]

An issue with just 3.24 then? Or maybe only when used with python?

[nesneros]

FWIW I run gnome shell 3.24.1 (ubuntu 17.04), and I have no problem with long running argos scripts. I don't have any python scripts

[ghost]

So, its python then?

[VVhitehead]

I doubt, I'm running shell scripts...

[ghost]

That just makes it even more confusing.... could you send the scripts?

[VVhitehead]

@ghost I doubt its the scripts blocking...

[p-e-w]

Closing because I'm unable to reproduce the problem.