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> Fix "over-running" of repeated commands on slow machines.
> > I do this with the same sort of strategy as we employed for the
> scroll on vertical scroll commnads.
>
> I put in a one-shot idle loop handler into ap_EditMethods. When
> frequently repeated events like those from left-arrow, right-arrow,
> delete or backspace keys, I start the idle loop timer set a call back to
> the code that actually implements the left/right/delete etc.
> This also locks out the GUI controls. I then return.
>
> All commands to AbiWord are dropped until the idle handler that
> implements the left-arrow,right-arrow etc is run. This prevents these
> vents from queueing up and stops the caret over-running where the user
> wants to put it.
It works really well now for repeated paste. However, if <ctrl>+<v>
(paste) is held down there's still an "over-running" effect.
Rob
Received on Mon Sep 13 14:20:50 2004
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