--- a/EditTextViewCompletionSupport.st	Mon Jul 15 18:40:29 2019 +0200
+++ b/EditTextViewCompletionSupport.st	Mon Jul 15 18:43:19 2019 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+"{ Encoding: utf8 }"
+
 "{ Package: 'stx:libwidg' }"
 
 "{ NameSpace: Smalltalk }"
@@ -206,6 +208,14 @@
 
 !EditTextViewCompletionSupport methodsFor:'private'!
 
+computeAndShowCompletions
+    "Actually compute the completions and update the completion view."
+
+    self subclassResponsibility
+
+    "Created: / 15-07-2019 / 17:29:50 / Claus Gittinger"
+!
+
 computeCompletions
     "Actually compute the completions and update the completion view."
 
@@ -226,8 +236,10 @@
     |initialList cursorX cursorY p|
 
     "/ terminate any previous process
-    self stopCompletionProcess.
-
+    self synchronized:[
+        self stopCompletionProcess.
+    ].
+    
     (editView sensor hasKeyPressEventFor:nil) ifTrue:[ 
         "/ 'cl' printCR.
         self closeCompletionView. 
@@ -259,12 +271,20 @@
                         Smalltalk isSmalltalkDevelopmentSystem ifTrue:[ ex reject ]
                     ].
                 ] do:[ 
+                    |startTime|
+                    
+                    startTime := Timestamp now.
+                    "/ Wait a while to give user chance finish typing.
+                    "/ This also reduces CPU consumption by avoiding
+                    "/ useless computation
+                    Delay waitForMilliseconds: 200.
+
                     (editView topView isDebugView) ifTrue:[
                         ControlInterrupt ignoreIn:[
-                            self computeCompletions.
+                            self computeAndShowCompletions.
                         ].    
                     ] ifFalse:[    
-                        self computeCompletions.
+                        self computeAndShowCompletions.
                     ].
                 ].
                 p == completionProcess ifTrue:[
@@ -281,7 +301,7 @@
     p resume.
 
     "Modified: / 26-09-2013 / 17:36:11 / Jan Vrany <jan.vrany@fit.cvut.cz>"
-    "Modified: / 15-09-2018 / 12:40:59 / Claus Gittinger"
+    "Modified: / 15-07-2019 / 17:30:55 / Claus Gittinger"
 !
 
 stopCompletionProcess