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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Double Buffering
Message-ID: <1065@sugar.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Nov-87 08:42:14 EST
Article-I.D.: sugar.1065
Posted: Sun Nov 15 08:42:14 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Nov-87 06:49:04 EST
References: <7768@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> <1038@sugar.UUCP> <1863@cadovax.UUCP>
Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX
Lines: 15
Keywords: double buffering, vertical retrace, screens

In article <1863@cadovax.UUCP>, keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
> In article <1038@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
> >Why don't you just set up two screens and use ScreenToFront and ScreenToBack
> >to flip them?
> I suppose that would work, but if you're waiting for IDCMP messages, it
> could be a problem.

Well, I'm using this technique. Could you please explain just what sort of
problems you can expect from IDCMP messages? I'm Wait()ing on the OR of all
my mp_SigBits, though if I wanted to go for the gold I could share one
IDCMP for all the windows on both screens. Or is there some bug in the system
you've discovered...?
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