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From: malbert@jeeves.shearson.com (Marc Albert)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Event Loops
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Date: 12 Apr 91 17:53:41 GMT
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I have an application that has multiple top level windows.  The event
loop looks something like this:


	for (;;) {
		if (XtAppPending(WindowOne))
			XtDispatch();

		if (XtAppPending(WindowTwo))
			XtDispatch();
	}

This method works fine.  The only problem I have is that 
I have to poll for events; this means I am never really 
waiting (blocking) and I am burning a lot of CPU.  Is there
a better method.  The only thing I can think of is to
create two separate executables - I don't want to have to
do that.

Any suggestions would be welcome.  Thanks.

Marc.


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