tmb@mit-prep.UUCP (03/09/87)
I would like to handle window re-freshing, gadgets, &c. asynchronously from the main application. What is the best way of doing this? In principle, software interrupts would appear to be the method of choice, but it seems that a software interrupt handler on the Amiga runs at a priority higher than that of the main task and does not allow arbitrary system calls anyhow (what *is* the set of system calls that can be executed from within a software interrupt handler?). On the other hand, creating two separate tasks appeears to be overkill and rather tricky (lots of locking, questions as to who can perform what operations on the windows, who creates it, &c.). Your suggestions are welcome. Thomas.