Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-20 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Am 20.03.2013 um 06:41 schrieb Jiri Dolezal: The feature you requested (background update) was by the way done by me ;-) One more question - what is the last Pointer Environment version for the plain QDOS? Should be 203 205 231 (PE, WMan, HotRext) Does it contain this feature

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-20 Thread Dilwyn Jones
One more question - what is the last Pointer Environment version for the plain QDOS? Should be 203 205 231 (PE, WMan, HotRext) Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? Yes, it does. Can't say whether it fully works, however, I normally use SMSQ/E instead of the plain QL stuff.

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-20 Thread Dave Park
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 4:17 AM, Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.ukwrote: One more question - what is the last Pointer Environment version for the plain QDOS? Should be 203 205 231 (PE, WMan, HotRext) Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? Yes, it does. Can't say

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-20 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dilwyn Jones wrote: Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? Yes, it does. Can't say whether it fully works, however, I normally use SMSQ/E instead of the plain QL stuff. Remember, though, that this version doesn't work across all QL ROM versions - Minerva being required to

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-20 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Dave Park wrote: It does seem, in this day and age, as if Minerva should be considered a base system, and the use of QDOS should be deprecated. Hear hear, that's what I've tried to sell for years now ;-) I cannot think of any single reason to not use Minerva, except perhaps the fear of killing

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-20 Thread Computer Research Centrum , Ltd
It does seem, in this day and age, as if Minerva should be considered a base system, and the use of QDOS should be deprecated. Hear hear, that's what I've tried to sell for years now ;-) I cannot think of any single reason to not use Minerva, except perhaps the fear of killing the keyboard

[Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread Jiri Dolezal
I know, that partialy overlapped window process in PE (both QDOS and SMSQ) will be paused on attempt to write into the window and is resumed again on its window activation. I have found PICE/PEX utility, that, if I understand correctly, redraws windows in the background, i.e., the running

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread Tobias Fröschle
Jiri, yes, it is perfectly possible. And already done ;) SMSQ/E in it's current version supports background tasks not vein stopped when they have output available, i.e. more or less what PICE/PEX did. The feature can be (de)activated using the PE_BGON and PE_BGOFF keywords. Sometimes,

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread Jiri Dolezal
yes, it is perfectly possible. And already done ;) Perfect! My (old) SMSQ was not able to do this, l and I was really hesitating to buy the latest one. Now I have one more reason to spent 90 EUR for it. ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Jiri Dolezal wrote: Perfect! My (old) SMSQ was not able to do this, l and I was really hesitating to buy the latest one. Now I have one more reason to spent 90 EUR for it. The commercial phase of SMSQ/E is pretty much over, I'm hoping to organize free downloads sooner or later. Which

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Marcel Kilgus wrote: The commercial phase of SMSQ/E is pretty much over, I'm hoping to organize free downloads sooner or later. Which release do you need? The feature you requested (background update) was by the way done by me ;-) Well, that was meant to be private... thank you, eMail

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread QL-MyLink (f/fh)
Marcel said - Well, that was meant to be private... thank you, eMail program ;-) OK Marcel, I'll pretend I haven't seen it - just until you tell us again. John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Marcel Kilgus wrote: Well, that was meant to be private... thank you, eMail program ;-) Marcel Which eMail program was it (so I know not to use it in future) :o)) Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [Ql-Users] Window redraw in PE

2013-03-19 Thread Jiri Dolezal
The feature you requested (background update) was by the way done by me ;-) One more question - what is the last Pointer Environment version for the plain QDOS? Does it contain this feature (background drawing), too? ___ QL-Users Mailing List