From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:03:47 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <874eff452220ef75ee643262f1da3716@ladd.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] mouse cursor madness Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4266d334-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon Apr 15 16:28:37 EDT 2013, cinap_lenrek@gmx.de wrote: > > and hz does matter because the sleep in mouse proc > > may be woken a minimum rate of hz*nproc. > > ah! right. you could get even faster redraws on a mp system when > another idle processor is available. it might not just wait for the > hz timer tick but schedule the woken up mouseproc as soon as it > appears in its run queue no? > > in the text scroll case, you'r already drawing to the screen at > a high rate. why should we draw the cursor at a lower rate other > than getting a more regular flicker pattern? i'm finding that flicker is still a problem with catclock if you align the cursor bottom with the bottom of the tail, and the rhs of the cursor with the middle of the cat's right foot. - erik