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

[Ben Laurie <ben algroup co uk>]

Halfline wrote:
> 
> > The point I'm getting at is I want to update a window as fast as
> > possible _without_ trashing the user interface. That I happen to be
> > updating it with captured video is not really the important point.
> > Surely there's a way to do this?
> The answer is timeout functions... Try it! plz! You will be happy with
> the results =)

OK, I've tried it, and it still trashes the user interface, or goes
slower than it should, depending on timeout. How do I choose the
appropriate magic timeout value?

More to the point ... _why_ does it behave so badly?

Cheers,

Ben.

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