Re: Difference between destroyStack and destroyWindow

2011-08-13 Thread Mark Wieder
Ken- Interesting. So it would be possible to write an idle-time garbage collection routine to delete from memory the stacks that show up in the mainstacks but not in the openstacks... -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing l

Re: Difference between destroyStack and destroyWindow

2011-08-13 Thread Ken Ray
> > This property controls whether or not the window owned by a stack is freed > when the stack is closed. To provide best performance, stack windows are > normally unmapped rather than destroyed. This property may be useful for > those X servers with inadequate memory. This property is also

Re: Difference between destroyStack and destroyWindow

2011-08-12 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 8/12/11 7:49 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Bill- Friday, August 12, 2011, 1:25:49 PM, you wrote: They sounds pretty similar to me. What is the difference and why would I ever not want to have them either both on or both off for substacks? Boy, just when you think maybe you've learned some of thi

Re: Difference between destroyStack and destroyWindow

2011-08-12 Thread Mark Wieder
Bill- Friday, August 12, 2011, 1:25:49 PM, you wrote: > They sounds pretty similar to me. What is the difference and why > would I ever not want to have them either both on or both off for > substacks? Boy, just when you think maybe you've learned some of this stuff, something like this comes al

Difference between destroyStack and destroyWindow

2011-08-12 Thread Bill Vlahos
They sounds pretty similar to me. What is the difference and why would I ever not want to have them either both on or both off for substacks? Dictionary destroyWindow: If a stack's destroyWindow property is set to true, closing the stack removes the data structure maintaining that window. Dicti