# Processing 3 text editor running slow

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**Category:** Processing for Pi\
**Created:** [October 3, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-text-editor-running-slow/24315 "2020-10-03T17:31:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-3-text-editor-running-slow/24315/5 "2020-10-04T06:17:46Z")

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@paulgoux visual studio on RaspberryPI, I don’t think so. I have a RaspberryPI4 and have installed the [development version](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-in-style-with-java-11/13776/46?) of processing4 (on Manjaro 64 bit distro). The processing ide is a resource hog, but probably not as bad for me as @Tromba see memory usage below:-

 ![Processing](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/c/c52cbe55972487c1cf6011cee9370c3f95fe990b.png)  
Compared to a simple sketch  
 ![sketch](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/7/73997f0351cdda8bc355e489be2793d82ec63868.png)  
It should be possible to use [vim](https://github.com/sophacles/vim-processing) or even geany as your processing environment. I use both when developing my PiCrate sketches see my [recent post](https://discourse.processing.org/t/developing-a-fractal-shader/24306).  
PS: There is no official support for processing on the RaspberryPI at present.

**Note:**  
If you develop code outside processing ide you will need to place your `sketch.pde` in a folder with same name ie in this case `sketch`, crap I know but this how processing pre-processor/compiler works. The alternative is to switch from processing to pure java (no pre-processor required), but then you might prefer to look at another processing implementation? Just to get you started with geany, simplest is to just use java syntax highlighting then you need to setup `processing-java` in the build menu see below:-

 ![geany](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/1/1b493065e89612664d7da0011207ecf6baf20cff.png)

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