Bjoern Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink_at_gmx.de> writes:
> Hello,
>
> On 2005.02.04 14:38:59 -0800, fvwm.org_at_rainstick.net wrote:
> > While I was playing around with some ideas for FvwmScript, I noticed an
> > odd behavior that I was unable to explain by reading the man pages. I
> > suspect its a bug tickled by improper usage, but I'll leave that up to
> > you folks to decide. I've written and attached a small test script that
> > shows the problem.
> >
> > Basically by my understanding, the attached script should advance the
> > red background one button every 5 seconds. However what actually happens
> > is that for one second out of 5 the red background cycles as fast as my
> > machine can make it go.
> >
> > If I add a "Title" line to each widget, the script works predictably and
> > only advances once every 5 seconds. Seems like the interpreter doesn't
> > like empty buttons too well.
>
> FvwmScript contains a bug that executes the periodic tasks too often
> when there are pending events. The following patch fixes this.
...
> > P.S.: There is a typo in the man page for FvwmScript where
> > "PeriodicTasks" is spelled "Periodic Task" in the example.
The patch has been applied and the man page corrected.
Thanks.
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Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
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Received on Sat Feb 05 2005 - 10:43:17 GMT