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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GetCaretTime
Message-ID: <1991May23.060838.342@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 23 May 91 06:08:38 GMT
References: <3621@kluge.fiu.edu>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes:

>GetCaretTime returns the number of ticks that is to occur between cursor
>blinks. because i'm handling my own blinking cursor, i need to use this.
>so, am i correct in thinking that i have some counter that i increment
>through my main loop and when it gets to the value returned by GetCaretTime
>i blink the cursor. if so, then i must be doing something wrong because
>the cursor is blinking awefully fast.

That's because you aren't counting TICKS (heartbeat interrupts). You're
counting _GetCaretTime calls, neglecting the counter code.

>also, i update on the main event loop because i never get null events for
>some reason.

I believe TaskMaster does not return until its internal call to GetNextEvent
returns a non-null event the application wishes to see, which would make it
a 'WaitNextEvent' call with automatic handling of certain events.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu