Hi,
I must say that I've banned Java from my own PCs for ages but "thanks" to
SMSQmulator I've installed Java 6 on my workhorse (a 2007 Lenovo X61s with
dual core Intel Core2Duo L7500 1600Mhz CPU running under Windows Vista
Business 32-bit).
Any reason you didn't install java 7? Just curious....
What really should be improved by Wolfgang is that the CPU load of the host
system (PC) should be throttled if SMSQE is "idle" (scheduler running and
jobs waiting for input).
Try increasing the cursor blink parameter in the options menu.
However, if you increase it too much you'll get dropped chars from the
keyboard (as you may have noted).
Final words: To let SMSQmulator have an impact outside the core QL community
(ql-users, QUANTA, QL Today, qlforum) I would change its name to something
not sounding like an emulator of something unknown to most people. In fact
SMSQmulator is not emulating SMSQ or the QL,
no, it's an emulator running SMSQE - hence SMSQmulator.
You could always say that SMSQmulator is an accumulator for all that's
good in the computing world.
I had a
brainstorm and this came up: Qoffee (Java is also a coffee bean, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(disambiguation)), Qup (a cup of QL
coffee), Qmachine (for quick machine, a ready to go environment for quick
developments/tinkering), Qanywhere, Qware or the same four with SMSQ
(SMSQup, SMSQmachine, SMSQanywhere, SMSQware). Or what about just Q (related
to Q of the James Bond movies), Que or Q4U? Anyone?
I don't know what to make of this.
Wolfgang
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