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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Optimize Multi-Tasking with this program.
Message-ID: <1680@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Apr-87 17:24:02 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1680
Posted: Tue Apr 14 17:24:02 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Apr-87 23:48:30 EST
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in article <3454@udenva.UUCP>, pbrody@udenva.UUCP (Paul Brody ) says:
> To optimize multi-tasking on the Amiga, set up a program that would detect
> what window was selected, and to what program it belonged, then the montor
> program would automatically raise that program's priority to that highest of
> all the programs running and that way one could multi-task without noticing
> any slowdown in response time.

Well, I'm sure it could probably be done.  I also know that I, for one,
do not at all want this feature inforced on me, at the very least.  This
is probably a personal preferences item, like the idea of automatically
selecting windows when they're pointed to.  I often run compilations or
other rather CPU intensive applications in the "background" (i.e. the 
window that's not selected), while I run Wait() intensive applications,
like text editors, in the "foreground" (i.e., the selected window).  I'm
more than willing to give up an occasional slowdown in typeahead (very
occasional has been my experience) in return for a faster compilation. On
the other hand, if you're running several CPU intensive applications at
once, you may find it an advantage to have the current window be at the
highest priority automatically; much easier than doing a SetTaskPri or
whatever every time you change windows.  Perhaps a tightly coded background
task that looks at the currently defined top screen/window (of course
remembering the previous) and bumps up the priority of the task associated
with the currently selected window would do what you want.  I've no need for
it, but like the Sun-Alike program (forget the name, I tried it once, but
I'm used to Amiga window priorities), it should be possible to write it
given the appropriate desire.

> pbrody@udenva.uucp
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