On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 06:12:53PM +0300, Martin Vermeer wrote: > What came back was the original problem why sync_events was introduced: > when scrolling fast in big documents (PageDown) the screen update > doesn't keep up. > > - // You are not expected to understand this. This forces Qt > - // (the problem case) to deal with its event queue. This is > - // necessary when holding down a key such as 'page down' or > - // just typing: without this processing of the event queue, > - // the cursor gets ahead of itself without a selection or > - // workarea redraw having a chance to keep up. If you think > - // you can remove this, try selecting text with the mouse > - // in Qt, or holding Page Down on the User's Guide. > > Well, AFAICS that's only cosmetic. (Question: were there any > non-cosmetic problems with this? I don't see any.)
What a bizarre attitude! Cosmetics are how every single user interacts with LyX, with the single exception of the LyX server. I am DEAD against breaking this. We absolutely have to process all pending draw events before reshowing the cursor, IMHO. regards john
