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

[Ben Laurie <ben algroup co uk>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
> 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. :-)

Hmm. But the effect I really want is to use as much CPU as is available,
but leave some when needed for stuff like moving the pointer. I can
write a non-X app that doesn't chew the _whole_ CPU when someone else
wants it, why can't it be the same with X?

Cheers,

Ben.

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