raz@kilowatt.uucp (Raz- Berry) (05/11/89)
I just tried Dmouse-LineArt handler that Mark Rinfret hacked up (which I was really psyched to find) and immediatly installed it on my system. Initially everything seemed fine... then it happened, I modified the screenblanking interval and waited. This time when the screen started LineArting it locked everything else out. BAD. Nice try Mark. So, DON'T USE THE RECENTLY POSTED DMOUSE-LINEART HANDLER. The solution: I just found dmouse 1.13 that has an IPC blanker port builtin. What this means is that with a little time I can rewrite LineArt to work with Dmouse (as a replacement blanker) as Matt intends, and still allow all the cutomization of both programs to remain intact. Look for a reworked LineArt soon... BTW, Bob Page should have Dmouse 1.13 soon too, so don't send me mail asking for it ok? It won't be in the archives until he posts it. -- Steve -Raz- Berry Disclaimer: I didn't do nutin! UUCP: sun!kilowatt!raz ARPA: raz%kilowatt.EBay@sun.com "Fate, it protects little children, old women, and ships named Enterprize"
mrr@amanpt1.amanpt1.Newport.RI.US (Mark Rinfret) (05/15/89)
In article <33788@kilowatt.uucp>, raz@kilowatt.uucp (Raz- Berry) writes: > > I just tried Dmouse-LineArt handler that Mark Rinfret hacked up > (which I was really psyched to find) and immediatly installed it on my > system. Initially everything seemed fine... then it happened, I modified > the screenblanking interval and waited. This time when the screen started > LineArting it locked everything else out. BAD. Nice try Mark. Yeah - I was aware that that could be a problem and was going to fix it if I got any response indicating an interest. I thought I included enough _disclaimer_ and cautionary verbage to indicate that it wasn't anything more than a crude hack. I'm happy to see that my posting triggered what I consider to be a positive response. I'll be looking forward to your "polished" alternative (absolutely no sarcasm intended here). It's nice to walk by the computer room and see the monitor doing "something" rather than blankly staring back at me ("Oh-no! System crashed! :-). Thanks for your program. I had fun playing with it. Mark -- { Mark R. Rinfret mrr@amanpt1.Newport.RI.US } { HyperView Systems Corp. Hypermedia Solutions for Documentation/Training } { 28 Jacome Way Work: 401-849-9390 x301 } { Middletown, RI 02840 Home: 401-846-7639 }
raz%kilowatt@Sun.COM (Steve -Raz- Berry) (05/20/89)
In article <564@amanpt1.amanpt1.Newport.RI.US> mrr@amanpt1.amanpt1.Newport.RI.US (Mark Rinfret) writes: >In article <33788@kilowatt.uucp>, raz@kilowatt.uucp (Raz- Berry) writes: >> [ I describe a problem with Mark's dmouse-handler ] >Yeah - I was aware that that could be a problem and was going to fix it if >I got any response indicating an interest. I thought I included enough >_disclaimer_ and cautionary verbage to indicate that it wasn't anything more >than a crude hack. Yep, you did. I just wanted to make sure that you and others were aware that there was a problem... I know I always hate it when I find something really neet somewhere, but my system crashes because of it. Besides, Matt has just modified dmouse to do exactly this kind of thing via IPC. >I'm happy to see that my posting triggered what I consider >to be a positive response. I'll be looking forward to your "polished" >alternative (absolutely no sarcasm intended here). It's nice to walk by the >computer room and see the monitor doing "something" rather than blankly >staring back at me ("Oh-no! System crashed! :-). Thanks for your program. >I had fun playing with it. >Mark >{ Mark R. Rinfret mrr@amanpt1.Newport.RI.US } Thanks. I had fun writing it. My wife on the other hand doesn't like it much... (she thinks it's too distracting). I actually have a working version ready, but I suspect there are still some deamons lurking. I changed LineArt to draw directly into the screen's rast- port so it's even FASTER now! But now I am seeing some random system crashes somtimes as long as two days after running the blanker. I really hate those kind of bugs... Does anybody know of any bugs with Draw() or DrawEllipse()? I know about passing 0's as radis values to DrawEllipse, anything else? Steve -Raz- Berry Disclaimer: I didn't do nutin! UUCP: sun!kilowatt!raz ARPA: raz%kilowatt.EBay@sun.com "Fate, it protects little children, old women, and ships named Enterprize"