On 01-Sep-00 at 02:09, Peter Stein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Rick Scott wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not realy sure, if I'm the one you are adressing, but anyhow ...
>
> > Okay, I thought I was wrong for a while, but I'm pretty sure now that the
> > patch to help the expose of list items went just a little bit too far.
> > With ml, the D flag is not showing up as I plough through my mail hitting
> > "Delete +". The messages are getting deleted, since they are gone after a
> > "Remove", but the D flag in the original list is _not_ showing up anymore
> > untill the list gets scrolled. It's as if a change of one of the items is
> > not causing a refresh of the list anymore......
> The patch I submitted delayed updates of - invisible - items, that is
> those that are offscreen while the update takes place. The lists gets
> repainted as soon as scrolling is done.
That's the way I understood it also. I do remember quickly looking at it when
it was submitted.
> >
> > Hopefully the original patch submitter is listening still........
> >
> >
> I don't know of any side effects, and I'm updating medium sized lists
> (about 600 entries) quite frequently (about 8 items a second) in the
> visible and invisible part alike. All visible items get updated as soon as
> the changes takes place, all invisible items are just not shown (as one
> might expect :-)). They are updated by the way, but the roundtrip causing
> the list to refresh the screen is omitted if, and only if, invisible items
> are effected solely. (This is the theory, and it works for me ...)
This is the only one that I notice a problem with, and I'm not sure how they
are updating the list. I'll add it to my list....At least it's out in the open
now :)
>
> I don't know the app you mention (ml, a mail reader?), so I don't know if
Yes mail reader. http://people.netscape.com/max/ml/index.html
> there are any side effects in this circumstances. (And I still have to
> check the new release, since I am not able to use the cvs versions due to
> firewall restrictions. I just started the download and will begin checking
> on monday)
Bummer. I don't understand why so many places block outgoing CVS ports. It's
not as if they are preventing people from getting code. All it does is create
more traffic since people have to get entire tarballs instead. Like this case,
probably a few K update vs. a 3.4M tarball??? What am I missing here???
>
> best regards
>
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