[Gambas-user] Smooth Scrolling (not happening)

Werner wdahn at ...1000...
Wed May 20 18:19:38 CEST 2009


M0E Lnx wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Some of you may have seen my project... a GUI installer for VectorLinux.
> I've gotten the functionality parts to work, and it's all good. I do
> have one annoyance that I can't shake and this is where I need help.
>
> While packages are being installed, I have a scrollview that scrolls
> through the credits of all the people making the distro possible. Sort
> of like movie credits.
> The names come from a text file, and each name is turned into a
> textlabel inside the scrollview. A timer object automatically handles
> the scrolling (set to 25-50).
>
> The problem is that I need this to sroll while a bunch of shell
> commands run in the background.
> These shell commands being executed are really packages being
> installed, so depending on the size of the package, the system may
> take longer to free up the process object.
>
> The timer object lags while the shell process is running in the
> background, so the scrolling is not smooth at all.
> The timer object and its event are not at all related to the function
> that runs the shell processes. It resides on a separate function on a
> separate module.
>
> Any one have any pointers I could follow?
>
> Thanks
>   
Shooting from the hip:
since you are already root, could you nice yourself up a little bit?
Conversely, could you nice the processes that you created down?




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