Me: >> As far as I understand it, Fl::flush() and Fl::awake() have >> completely different purposes, so are probably not interchangeable. >> Fl::flush() deals with window redrawing, and Fl::awake() deals with >> threading.
Ian: > But in the context of a threaded app, a call to Fl::awake() will > cause the fltk loop to do its thing. Since it is not possible to > call Fl::flush() from a subsidiary thread, Fl::awake() is the best > (and only, really) substitute. Me: >> What I also notice is that your Fl::awake() call is missing >> an argument. Ian: > Despite what the docs show, Fl::awake() with no args is a perfectly > valid option. Indeed the original version of Fl::awake() had no > args, they got added later. In this context (as a stand in for > Fl::flush()...) they are not needed. Thank you Ian, I stand corrected. I shall add your text to the docs. Cheers D _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
