Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

On 10/2/20 5:08 PM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode wrote: Looks like Elanor beat me to it Bug 22929 Ian fixed the problem. It's currently awaiting a merge into the next release. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

Indeed, when I open the Message box and click the Pending messages tab, two messages always keep running there: _EnsureAccept (seems to have to do with the remote debugger library?) _revInternal_SavePreferences Just LC 9.6.1 running, no stacks. I’m also on Mojave. J. Landman Gay via

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

On 10/3/20 8:36 PM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode wrote: Jacque wrote If the Project Browser is open, try closing it. On my Mac, the CPU usage while idle is usually close to 0 when in the background. Interesting. I would indeed have expected a good-citizen app doing nothing in the

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

Jacque wrote > If the Project Browser is open, try closing it. On my Mac, the CPU usage > while idle is usually close to 0 when in the background. Interesting. I would indeed have expected a good-citizen app doing nothing in the background to use less than 1% cpu: Mail, Safari. Finder, BBEdit,

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

If the Project Browser is open, try closing it. On my Mac, the CPU usage while idle is usually close to 0 when in the background. -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On October 2, 2020 7:03:59 PM Neville Smythe via

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

Looks like Elanor beat me to it Bug 22929 Neville Smythe ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

> Confirmed here on macOS 10.14.5. The CPU load is indeed quite dramatic > with modal dialogs. > > I also checked on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), and LC does not exhibit the > problem there. Thanks Richard for confirming, and testing on Linux. Yes I will file a bug report. It occurred to me that

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

I’ll weigh in here. I have noticed at times my Mac becoming slow and extremely laggy to input. Quitting all my apps, including LC seems to resolve it, although I never dug in any deeper. (Honestly I thought it was a Chrome or web page issue and I am used to those.) Next time I see the issue I

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

Neville Smythe wrote: > Typically LC cpu usage shows about 34% (presumably of 1 core). When > a modal stack is opened it immediately ramps up to 99% ; the fan kicks > in, and if left for a while the OS boosts the kernel_task daemon which > I have been told is a protection device to prevent

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

Sorry Neville, I didn't read your email closely enough - you are obviously on the right track. Phil On 9/30/20 9:02 PM, Phil Davis via use-livecode wrote: Another factor I discovered in times past (which may have been changed by now) that eats up CPU cycles is the "Default" button style. Do

Re: Modal stacks cpu usage

Another factor I discovered in times past (which may have been changed by now) that eats up CPU cycles is the "Default" button style. Do you possibly have one of those on your stack? Phil Davis On 9/30/20 7:30 PM, Neville Smythe via use-livecode wrote: I have just noticed something curious.

Modal stacks cpu usage

I have just noticed something curious. I am running LiveCode 8.1 IDE 9.6.1 on a Mac Air 2020 quad core Catalina. Typically LC cpu usage shows about 34% (presumably of 1 core). When a modal stack is opened it immediately ramps up to 99% ; the fan kicks in, and if left for a while the OS