Re: frequent polling in LyX (plus LyX under DRT screenshots)

2002-09-05 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 09:48:22AM +1000, Amir Michail wrote: > You can see some preliminary results here in the following screenshots: > > http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~amichail/lyx8.png Nice ! > BTW, could someone tell me if the functions shown in the pictures > are particularly relevant to th

Re: frequent polling in LyX (plus LyX under DRT screenshots)

2002-09-01 Thread Juergen Vigna
Amir Michail wrote: > I also found another problem with getting rid of cursor blinking. > If you type a sentence and press return, the cursor will not appear > for a while until it is told to blink on. By then, the after picture > has already been taken, so cursor tracking is broken. So it's not

Re: frequent polling in LyX (plus LyX under DRT screenshots)

2002-09-01 Thread Amir Michail
Hi, Perhaps a configure flag could be used to build LyX in a way that works well under DRT? Although the polling change I mentioned (and others) may not be bug free, they do seem to get LyX working under DRT. You can see some preliminary results here in the following screenshots: http://www

Re: frequent polling in LyX

2002-08-29 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hi, | | The problem is not that the polling is slowing other programs down, | but rather that it is presenting problems for our design recovery tool. | | I tried getting rid of this frequent polling by changing the code | in WorkArea::WorkArea as follo

Re: frequent polling in LyX

2002-08-29 Thread ZhiCong Leo Liang
Then what does this line do ??? I get confused... cheers Leo On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Amir Michail wrote: > Hi, > > The problem is not that the polling is slowing other programs down, > but rather that it is presenting problems for our design recovery tool. > > I tried getting rid of this frequent p

Re: frequent polling in LyX

2002-08-29 Thread John Levon
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 09:33:00AM +1000, Amir Michail wrote: > ...fl_add_free(FL_ALL_FREE, ...)... > > to > > ..fl_add_free(FL_INPUT_FREE,...)... Ah. If this really doesn't cause regressions, we shuold definitely do this thanks john -- "Take the ideas you find useful. Try not to get h

Re: frequent polling in LyX

2002-08-29 Thread Amir Michail
Hi, The problem is not that the polling is slowing other programs down, but rather that it is presenting problems for our design recovery tool. I tried getting rid of this frequent polling by changing the code in WorkArea::WorkArea as follows: ...fl_add_free(FL_ALL_FREE, ...)... to ..fl_

Re: frequent polling in LyX

2002-08-29 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Hi, > | We have noticed that LyX performs frequent | polling. In particuar, C_WorkArea_work_area_handler | is called multiple times per second. > | Is this frequent polling necessary for updating the display? | Or is the display updated immediately when

frequent polling in LyX

2002-08-28 Thread Amir Michail
Hi, We have noticed that LyX performs frequent polling. In particuar, C_WorkArea_work_area_handler is called multiple times per second. Is this frequent polling necessary for updating the display? Or is the display updated immediately when changes are made to the document? Amir P.S. We are a