Craig Latta wrote:

> So, it looks like we're just seeing more it-just-proof-of-concept
> overhead from both FractalPlants and SqM. :)

    Certainly so ;-)

    FWIW, on my WindowsXP, both the classical Windows VM
    and MobVM behaves identically when Windows Task Manager
    is invoked just as Brent described:

> > When I pulled up Windows Task Manager to watch CPU/memory usage, the
> > fractal display was immediately painted onto most of my Windows
> > desktop -- and the fractal turned into a dense collection of lines
> > radiating out from the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

    Cheers,

    PhiHo.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Latta" <craig.latta at netjam.org>
To: "Brent Vukmer" <bvukmer at blackboard.com>
Cc: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: re: odd graphics behavior when running FractalPlants


>
> Hi Brent--
>
> > When I pulled up Windows Task Manager to watch CPU/memory usage, the
> > fractal display was immediately painted onto most of my Windows
> > desktop -- and the fractal turned into a dense collection of lines
> > radiating out from the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
>
> I get this too (on Win98SE). I get strange behavior regardless of which
> VM I use, and regardless of how I install the VM (by relief or some
> other means).
>
> With the normal VM, Squeak's display doesn't repair damage from the
> occlusion of other win32 applications, but it doesn't draw outside its
> own window. With SqM, I get what you describe whenever I change win32
> window focus. I also notice that the plants draw a lot faster with SqM
> than with the normal VM.
>
> So, it looks like we're just seeing more it-just-proof-of-concept
> overhead from both FractalPlants and SqM. :)
>
>
> -C
>
> --
> Craig Latta
> improvisational musical informaticist
> craig at netjam.org
> www.netjam.org/resume
> Smalltalkers do: [:it | All with: Class, (And love: it)]
>