[Morphic] Re: NewMorphic Feedback (1 source control)

[Jerome Peace]

--- Juan Vuletich <juan at jvuletich.org> wrote:

> Hi Jerome,
> 
> Jerome Peace escribió:
> > Hi Juan,
> >
> > Cool.
> >
> > Thanks for listening. 
> >
> > I've actually followed progress to know how much
> you
> > advanced things. (Real time performance and the
> color
> > background fix. Great steady progress.)
> >
> >   
> :) Thanks.
> > I am using things on an old 400hz iMac running
> OS9.1.
> > I'm using one of JMM's old macClassic vms. So I
> need
> > to find out if you changed anything in th vm you
> > distribute with the system?  
> >
> >   
> Not at all. I should delete the VM from the zip
> file. It is misleading. 
> Ok. Done.
> So, you are doing a serious performance test there!
> Unfortunately, the 
> Morphic 3 stuff uses Floats for coordinates, and I
> haven't worked on 
> performance yet, so everything should be slow...

Actually the iMac is well designed and the performance
is responsive. I can resize the example at about the
same speed as I am used to. Of Course there not a lot
else going on at the same time. So its not much of a
burden. The real problem is I can usually find things
that bring everything to a screeching halt within 15
minutes. The copy handle is good for that. 

The balloon engine is probably the reason for the
speed. Two or three version ago I did give up because
things were too slow. 

The system is slow when not just displaying your
morphs. Bringing up a browser or an inspector feels
like it takes forever (compared to what I'm used to.
lol).

The balloon engine is also probably responsible for
the clipping bugs. It has some very bad rounding
errors in it. A lot bugs which I'm good enough to find
but not knowledgable enough to fix.


> > I can try somethings that blow my mac out to the
> water
> > complete with the macbomb system crash box. That
> only
> > happened while using a low memory allocation. I'm
> > having better luck when I give the vm more room.
> >   
> I believe the same should happen with any Squeak
> image, right?
  
> Now I'm working on scrolling and clipping. I hope to
> publish something soon.

Cool. I'll keep following your progress.

Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace



       
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