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Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu
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Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu


  • Subject: Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 11:12:50 -0700

> On Sep 26, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Programmingkid <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I think the reasoning for this is the user interface is expected to be responsive and if other processes are running, then the interface will be sluggish.

Not at all. All processes are always running — the OS has pre-emptive scheduling. And the hardware is capable of playing Call Of Duty at 60fps so it’s not like rendering a few menus is much work for it :)

> Would you have additional documentation or sample code I could look at? The event loop timer info looks interesting.

The Cocoa Event Handling guide is probably where you want to start. You could also read the API docs on NSRunloop and NSTimer.

—Jens
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 >Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu (From: Programmingkid <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu (From: Scott Ribe <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu (From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Continue application processing with mouse down on a menu (From: Programmingkid <email@hidden>)

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