GUI(eclipse+pydev/SPE) freeze when doing python auto-completion under Linux

[Wei, James]

On Jun 18, 10:45 am, "Wei, James" <wist... at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I am editing python program with SPE, I found that SPE will
> freeze when it is doing auto-completion. The behavior is very strange
> that I can not edit the file again. If I switch to another file and
> then switch back, I can edit it again.
>
> So I switch to eclipse+pydev, but I found the same thing happen. So I
> think it is not the problem of SPE or eclipse or pydev.
>
> If I disable auto-completion function in SPE or Eclipse+PyDev, it will
> not freeze any longer.
>
> Anybody can give me some hints?
>
> I am using Ubuntu 8.10 and updated to latest. All packages is
> installed through package manager.

the only thing I googled related with it is

http://www.nabble.com/-pydev---Users--jython-2.5b1-Froze-eclipse-on-autocomplete-td21394274.html

but I think they are different.