lock screen

[Tom Glod]

Great thread here
I recently wrote an animation loop where I only unlocked the screen every
33 milliseconds via a self calling command in my main stack. seemed to work
partially, but i knew it was too simple.
Interestingly......
That update loop takes nearly no cpu
but ram consumption keep on going, even if the loop only updates a field.
This is why i have been asking about the GC, because it seems to kick in
mostly when engine is idle, or reaches some threshold I suppose.
a little annoying to see ram going up considerably, and i am only updating
the text in a small field on a blank stack.
i'm not sure if its a bug or if i am failing to realize something.
TIA if anyone here knows. using 9.61 windows


On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 6:56 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I’ll throw in my lot: Some things unlock the screen without an idle. I
> think setting the visible of a stack will do it.
>
> Bob S
>
>
>
> > On Jan 22, 2021, at 12:56 AM, Terence Heaford via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just looking for clarity with regard to lock screen.
> >
> > Is there only one state for the screen, either locked or not locked and
> when is that state changed.
> >
> > ---------------
> > on mouseUp
> >
> > lock screen
> >
> > aTest
> >
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > ----------------
> > on aTest
> >
> > — is the screen still locked here
> >
> > end aTest
> >
> > ————————
> >
> > At what point is unlock screen called by livecode without me calling it
> directly.
> >
> > The docs say when all pending handlers have completed but what exactly
> is a pending handler.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Terry
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