Thank you Ben, i will take a look at that loop process. On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Laura Risani <laura.ris...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Ben , >> #fork let me implement the overall functionality i wanted, but i had to >> introduce some minor changes into the design to reflect the concurrent >> nature of the msg. So i still feel curious about how one could implement >> this msg >> >> Waiting>> wait : seconds >> "i take the flow control during 'seconds' without halting image morphs >> and only then return to the sender " >> > > There is only one Morphic UI loop process which repetitively cycles for > Morph stepping and the main interactive UI. Use "Tools > Process Browser" > to take a look at that process (priority=40) and its stack and you'll > WorldMorph>>doOnceCycle. If you are curious, you can put a "self haltOnce" > in that method and invoke it using "System > Enable halt/inspect once" and > it will spawn that fault in that cycle off to another process you can trace > through, while the main process continues to cycle. > > However if you perform a non-concurrent #wait or busy calculation, then > the UI loop is prevented from looping at its usual speed (see > #interCyclePause). > > cheers -ben > > >> >> Best, >> Laura >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Laura, Can you provide some more context by pasting code for how you >>> expect both your UI and calculation methods to interact? What is the >>> application? >>> >>> cheers -ben >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:49 AM, Laura Risani <laura.ris...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> Thank you for your answers. >>>> >>>> But i yet can't see how to implement the method i wanted, because #fork >>>> schedules the process and immediately returns but i'd like to wait and only >>>> then return the answer. >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Laura >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Laura Risani <laura.ris...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I need an object/method like this one >>>>> >>>>> Waiting>> wait : seconds >>>>> "i take the flow control during 'seconds' without halting image morphs >>>>> stepping/handling (as Delay>>wait: does) and then return to the sender " >>>>> >>>>> How can i implement it? >>>>> Where can i borrow for reuse an existing one from? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Laura >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
