Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-15 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:17 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:07:27 +0100 "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > >> A global precicion switch sounds much too broad to me, since we will never >> find a precision that will plea

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-15 Thread The Rasterman
On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:07:27 +0100 "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > A global precicion switch sounds much too broad to me, since we will never > find a precision that will please all use-cases in parallel. Couldn't you do > it as glib does? (timeout_add, timeout_add_second

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-15 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
A global precicion switch sounds much too broad to me, since we will never find a precision that will please all use-cases in parallel. Couldn't you do it as glib does? (timeout_add, timeout_add_seconds). -- :M: - This SF.

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:17 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:02:33 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:52 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Fri, 1

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:02:33 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:52 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:59:27 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > >> yes,

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread Christopher Michael
Not sure if this is relevant or not, but since these changes went in, any timers created via embryo script in edc files are just constantly restarting ...ie: they fire once, run their stuff, then they fire again. This has been most apparent in the screenshot module...which was working perfectly

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 7:52 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:59:27 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > >> yes, I know. >> >> I was trying to say that it will not have any effect if we just have >> one timer, becaus

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:59:27 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > yes, I know. > > I was trying to say that it will not have any effect if we just have > one timer, because it will never be delayed to the next, as there is > no next. > > if we do have animator at 0.01

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:52 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:44:30 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > >> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Thu,

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:44:30 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:48:40 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > i'd

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:48:40 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > i'd say add it in - default precision can be 0.0 (ie as accurate as possible). > e17's powersave can try and

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-14 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:48:40 -0200 "Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: i'd say add it in - default precision can be 0.0 (ie as accurate as possible). e17's powersave can try and change this - but there is a problem. animators WANT to run very regularly. normal timers do not. in

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-13 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Iván Briano (Sachiel) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi guys, >> >> Attached is a patch to add configurable precision for ecore timers, an >> idea that I got at ELC-E from vario

Re: [E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-13 Thread Iván Briano (Sachiel)
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Attached is a patch to add configurable precision for ecore timers, an > idea that I got at ELC-E from various power saving talks and also > after looking at my machine's powertop results with some e

[E-devel] ecore timer precision

2008-11-13 Thread Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri
Hi guys, Attached is a patch to add configurable precision for ecore timers, an idea that I got at ELC-E from various power saving talks and also after looking at my machine's powertop results with some effects running. Since timers can be delayed by the system itself, for example under heavy loa