Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-13 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Tom Glod wrote: > RGi rotate an svg using send it time and it seems to work really > well. > i can rotate many svgs simultaneouslyso maybe svg is the answer > hereas far as a progress indicator. It's surprising that the vector rendering of SVG is noticeably faster for multi-frame an

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-13 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Ahh.. good catch! You should use: -> SET THE ANGLE of widget xyz to N just like with images you want to "rotate". ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription pr

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-13 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Swami, > Am 13.12.2019 um 17:28 schrieb Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode > : > ... > -- aside > fyi dictionary is confused: > rotate: > OSmac, windows, linux > Platforms desktop, server, mobile ROTATE is for IMAGE editing only and maybe lossy in that case! You shoul

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-13 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
@richard: I don't think *anything* including widget, run in a different thread on LC @HH and Tom Great idea! (using send) -- aside fyi dictionary is confused: rotate: OS mac, windows, linux Platforms desktop, server, mobile It should say, (hopefully) iOS and Android..whateve

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-12 Thread Tom Glod via use-livecode
RGi rotate an svg using send it time and it seems to work really well. i can rotate many svgs simultaneouslyso maybe svg is the answer hereas far as a progress indicator. On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 5:47 PM hh via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > @BR > > Don't run th

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-12 Thread hh via use-livecode
@BR Don't run the gif as animation but do your own animation by setting the (or some) frames using "send in time". By that you can control better the "animation". Using a widget for that is significantly slower (takes more CPU) than LCS with such animations.

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-12 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Does the SVG widget run in a separate thread? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Richmond wrote: If you can convert the gif into a series of SVG images you could, possibly, import them into a widget. Richmond. On 12.12.19 19:38, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Hmmm.

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-12 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
If you can convert the gif into a series of SVG images you could, possibly, import them into a widget. Richmond. On 12.12.19 19:38, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Hmmm. "Indeed, without even the option of threaded GIF playback, it isn't possible to make a progress indicato

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-12 Thread Richmond via use-livecode
Presumably you mean the mobileBusyIndicator. On 12.12.19 19:38, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode wrote: Hmmm. "Indeed, without even the option of threaded GIF playback, it isn't possible to make a progress indicator that doesn't affect overall performance, in addition to having distu

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-12 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
Hmmm. "Indeed, without even the option of threaded GIF playback, it isn't possible to make a progress indicator that doesn't affect overall performance, in addition to having disturbingly jerky appearance." Yes, I suspected the "LC - Single thread" issue. at least the mobileIndicator while "ugly

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-11 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I read and agree. I think certain tasks ought to have independent threads separate from the code engine. That shouldn't be too hard to implement, and those tasks would not need to communicate with the main thread, since they are essentially utilitarian in nature. Bob S > On Dec 10, 2019, at

Re: Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-10 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami wrote: > I switched from the mobileIndicator to installing an animated gif for > Loading. This way I have control over the load process and can let > users bail out. > > It is a lovely gif, but it "hangs" when the processor on phone is > doing something else. It there a

Animated Gifs - Keep them Running

2019-12-10 Thread Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode
I switched from the mobileIndicator to installing an animated gif for Loading. This way I have control over the load process and can let users bail out. It is a lovely gif, but it "hangs" when the processor on phone is doing something else. It there are way to keep it's frames "circling" until g