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From: lcp@ibism.UUCP (Larry Poleshuck)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: XtAddTimeOut unreliability
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Date: 6 Dec 90 19:56:23 GMT
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I am adding a time out using XtAddTimeOut.  It doesn't appear
that my time out is reliably being executed, however.  The timeout is
performed at inconsistent times.  For example, when I set the timeout to
5 seconds (i.e. 5000 milliseconds), it is rarely executed after only 5 secs.
When there is any user input (even moving the mouse) AND the interval
has elapsed, the timeout ALWAYS gets executed immediately.  With no
user input the timeout will sometimes get executed after a minute or two.

Anyone seen this problem?  Any ideas?

P.S.  I am using SunOS 4.1, X11R3, Motif 1.0.3, TeleUSE 1.1.  XtAddTimeOut
is being called from a C++ routine with the address of an extern "C" routine.
My timeout routine then calls XtAddTimeOut again with's its own address, to
keep the timeout cycle going.

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Larry Poleshuck
Citibank
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New York, NY  10043

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