Re: Livecode's appetite

2012-11-13 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 11/13/12 10:26 AM, Jim Hurley wrote: It appears there is a problem similar to that of the Uncertainty Principle in quantum mechanics, where one cannot observe the system without changing it. There's a pending messages pane in the message box where you can watch them fly past without interf

Re: Livecode's appetite

2012-11-13 Thread Jim Hurley
Hi Mark, Thanks for your thoughtful reply. Very interesting. Quick first response: It appears there is a problem similar to that of the Uncertainty Principle in quantum mechanics, where one cannot observe the system without changing it. I went to my existing app that was open in Livecode to l

Re: Livecode's appetite

2012-11-13 Thread David C.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Jim Hurley wrote: > I just happened to notice Livecode's CPU appetite,--as reported in the > Activity Monitor. It is takes up 6.7% of the CPU available usage, even while > I am using MS Word. > > On the other hand, Excel is using only .2% > > There is probably a

Re: Livecode's appetite

2012-11-13 Thread Mark Schonewille
Hi Jim, Check pendingmessages, "send in time" commands, repeat loops with messages, blinking cursor and, last but not least, default buttons. If I create a standalone without any of this, it usually gets below 3% most of the time. Still, much more than most other apps and problematic if you dec

Livecode's appetite

2012-11-13 Thread Jim Hurley
I just happened to notice Livecode's CPU appetite,--as reported in the Activity Monitor. It is takes up 6.7% of the CPU available usage, even while I am using MS Word. On the other hand, Excel is using only .2% There is probably a good reason for LC's appetite. Jim ___