Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| On Sat, May 28, 2005 at 12:12:07AM +0200, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
>> | Actually I have now had time to think about this for two weeks, and my
>> | considered opinion is a bit different...
>>
>> What you write belowe seems very sane. But I think that my keyevent
>> queue is still needed? (but to fix a different problem)
>
| Which problem?
>
| I have the feeling that pruning repeat key events is not wrong in
| principle, but at best not needed. Without it, you know precisely
| (under my scheme) that keeping the PgDown key down for 0.5 secs will get
| you 10 screens lower, only a few of which will actually be displayed due
| to the X coalescing behaviour.
Do you want that? To not know exactly that when you release the button
scrolling stops. I just hate it when the cursor or screen continue to
move after key release.
(More precisely: if a screen refresh
| takes 0.4 s and key repeat is 20/s, every 8th screen will be rendered,
| plus-minus, including the final one when you lift your finger.) Under
| your scheme, scrolling will be equally regular (right?) but slower.
No. Not slower, but "synchronous".
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Lgb
