Mouse performance

[Karl Becker]

I have a script that uses a repeat loop to keep an image stuck to the 
cursor until the mouse is released.  However, sometimes MC doesn't 
realize the mouse is up, even when it is.  When this happens, the image 
gets permanently stuck to the cursor, and I can do nothing to get out of 
the loop.  This happens quite a bit with OS X, more than in OS 9, 
probably since the system itself (GUI included) is slower and my app 
can't keep the frame rate up in X as fast as in 9.

Is there some way to improve performance?  I'm trying to imagine ways to 
make the image use a "grab me" or even a mouseMove handler, but here's 
the tricky part: the user drags a number value from a field and then an 
image is created, on the fly, as the user drags away outside of the 
field.

Also, in a related note,
the grab command seems to work only when it's called by using:
grab me
I cannot seem to put a script in another object that says
grab image "chip"

If I could do that, my problem would be solved, but alas, it's not 
working for me.  Does that work for anyone else?
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Karl Becker, KB Productions
http://www.karlbecker.com