Re: Refreshing windows as often as possible, but not too often

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Ben Laurie wrote:
> gtk_idle_add(). The snag is that it _really_ interferes with user
> interaction. The mouse is like treacle, it takes ages to shut down,
> window focus doesn't work, and so on.
> 
> Using nice(5) or so reduces the problem, but it comes back after a
> while. Inserting a 1/10 second nap into each iteration helps, too. But
> that's crap. So how do I do it _right_??
> 

Use a timeout - an idle runs as often as it can given your machine's CPU
and disk limitations. A timeout runs at a given interval. Sounds like you
don't want to crush your machine with continuous activity, so an idle is
wrong.:-)

Havoc