Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!voder!pyramid!unify!openlook!openlook-request From: toone@Corp.Sun.COM (Nolan C. Toone) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: Panels and events ( I think!!! ) Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 90 16:05:25 GMT Lines: 27 > 1) Is there a call I can once every few seconds from inside my compute > routine that will service the panel? This is the approach the > Mac seems to take. > > 4) Should I fork the compute process and send it signals? I am assuming you are using xview in which case you can use notify_dispatch routine in you compute routine to handle the events that come in. Your Pause/interrupt routine could then set a flag that could then be checked when you are in the compute routine. Regards, /\ \\ \ Nolan C. Toone, Catalyst Tech Support \ \\ / Sun Microsystems / \/ / / MailStop PAL1-316 / / \//\ 2550 Garcia Avenue \//\ / / Mountain View, California 94043 / / /\ / / \\ \ Phone: 415-336-0391 \ \\ EMail: toone@Corp.Sun.Com \/