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From: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
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Subject: Re: A few Q's from a novice...
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Date: 6 Sep 90 15:15:20 GMT
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In article <1990Sep5.162541.27771@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> 
dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
> Whatever you use, it's a good idea to do
> ALL your drawing in response to update events (unless you're doing 
animation
> of some kind).

I pretty much agree, except for one case: redrawing scroll bars and the 
growIcon when the window is resized.  Although it is perfectly possibly to 
do this via the update mechanism, doing it immediately upon a resize can 
really boost the crispness of the response.

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