[quoted lines by Aura Kelloniemi on 2015/09/14 at 21:56 +0300] >So, here are the new results. Now I tested with emacs with up to four windows >all updating the mode line continuously. I also tested with elinks which also >has a "clock on status line" feature. > >Values 0 and 1 are too small - there is lots of screen flicker. I could not >notice any difference between values 2 and 3. Even emacs with four windows >displaying a clock on their mode lines works, even through ssh.
Okay, thanks. Just to be sure, I'll set it to 5. Do you think that's reasonable? >I also tried values 5, 10, 20, 40 and 100, but could not get top to behave >well. How did they behave poorly? >However, I have a feature request: > >Could you please split SCREEN_UPDATE_SCHEDULE_DELAY to two options: >1. INITIAL_SCREEN_UPDATE_DELAY: this amount of time would be delayed, when the >screen update occurs and it has not been preceded by a previous update. This >would prevent BRLTTY's cursor tracking to be triggered too early. After >INITIAL_SCREEN_UPDATE_DELAY has passed, braille screen is normally updated. >2. CONTINUOUS_SCREEN_UPDATE_DELAY: If after a previous update a new update >appears, it is delayed for CONTINUOUS_SCREEN_UPDATE_DELAY ms, which could be >set to a higher value than INITIAL_SCREEN_UPDATE_DELAY. This would be useful, >because: >- this could be used to prevent programs (like autoconf-configure) from >flooding the braille display with updates which the user cannot read >anyways, because they fly past so quickly, >- lowering the update rate causes less power to be consumed and thus displays >with a battery can be used for a longer period without being charged, >- refreshing the display less often probably increases its lifetime as the >cells wear out slower. The other value is already there, and parameterized as UPDATE_SCHEDULE_DELAY. It should be renamed now, given the new parameter. It's current value is 15. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ EMail: [email protected] | Canada K2A 1H7 | http://FamilyRadio.org/ _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
