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Just so. I spoke too carelessly, forgetting, as usual, that LC has features that HC could not dream of. Craig -----Original Message----- From: Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 2, 2014 10:23 pm Subject: Re: Wait command dunbarx wrote: > Wait is blocking. An idle handler will be locked out just like > everything else. > > But a line like "wait 0 with messages" does not seem to me to do much. It undoes your first sentence. It calls the equivalent of what we old readers of Inside Mac used to call GetNextEvent, allowing at least once complete cycle through the OS and application event loops. This allows pending messages to be handled, and allows the OS interrupts enough space to be usable if something needs to be exited from, and allows the OS to update the screen. A lot happens with that humble line, simply and with reasonable efficiency. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for Desktop, Mobile, and Web ____________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
