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From: wjc@hos1cad.ATT.COM (Bill Carpenter)
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Subject: Re: xroach problems.
Message-ID: <1991Mar30.022316.24943@cbnewsh.att.com>
Date: 30 Mar 91 02:23:16 GMT
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In-Reply-To: bush@ecs.ox.ac.uk's message of 28 Mar 91 13:21:28 GMT

>When I tried it, it works ok, but the SparkStation 2 is too fast for
>it.  The little roaches seem to just buzz around so fast that the

bush> that it's not the speed that ruins it.  If you run with one
bush> roach and close all windows, you'll find that the roach moves at
bush> a reasonable speed, but that most of the time it is un-painted.
bush> It seems to flash on for a brief moment.  At least that's how it

I haven't looked at the source at all, but I made a guess at why I was
seeing this.  If you're running something like oneko, etc, you get the
buzzing effect.  Get rid of those other things and xroach becomes more
realistic.  My naive assumption is that xroach is constantly checking
window geometries, and things that run around on your screen (like
that Japanese cat) are constantly changing it.
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  Bill Carpenter         att!hos1cad!wjc  or  attmail!bill
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