[Cuis] New updates

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Phil,

>>> ...
>>> One minor display update difference I notice as a result of this
>>> change is that when loading a large number of packages back-to-back, I
>>> used to see progress popups sprayed to the screen (i.e. one per
>>> package) that continued until all the packages were loaded.  Now I
>>> only see a few and they really don't get updated giving the appearance
>>> of being frozen, but the packages are still loading as they should.
>>> It's not really an issue
>>> in this case (i.e. either behavior is a bit janky but not annoying
>>> enough to get me to do anything about right now) but something to keep
>>> an eye on with long-running processes (spanning several seconds or
>>> more) in other parts of the UI.
>>
>> Please try changing the Delay in #screenUpdater from 50 to 20, and do
>> 'DisplayScreen installScreenUpdater'. They try loading the packages.
>> Does
>> this improve it? Specially if it does not, but in any case, what OS and
>> VM
>> are you using?
>>
>
> That resolves it initially (for about the first 5-10 seconds) but then
> the updates stop showing again.  If I recall correctly, doesn't Morphic
> back off on screen updates by default after a period without
> keyboard/mouse activity?  The interplay of your latest changes and that
> might be the issue.  I'm running on Linux with the Cog 15.14.3308 build.
> I've tested the new build with some long-running animated morphs and
> they seem to be fine so for this issue, I wouldn't worry about it too much
> unless you're concerned that it's a symptom of a larger problem.
>

Well, I want to understand. And the best time is right now, when all this
is fresh in mi mind. My Linux box is at the office, so I'll test on it on
Monday.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich