Urs Reupke:
> What happens when I change the document in the canvas and the new document
> has no animation elements? Will the engine be unloaded, or will it remain
> active for all eternity?
> In other words, could I just load the example document you outlined above
> before loading anything else, thus trigger the animation engine, and then
> have my graphics loaded with animation still active?

There is an animation engine for each document.  If you are working in
different canvases, or the canvas is reloaded with a different document,
then you would have to have this dummy 'set' element for these too.

> >The reason I am reluctant to kick off the animation engine for all 
> >documents is that it isn't clever yet about when to check for updates.
> 
> So, how greedy is it when idling? Should we expect major slowdowns even
> without an animation running?

Oh quite greedy.  There’s no fps limit or anything yet. :)

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