On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 11:13:58AM -0700, Tim Rowledge wrote:
> > The reason I ask is, resizing is something I wish were easier to do,
> not
> > harder.  You have to position the mouse precisely within a 2 or 3
> pixel range,
> > wait for the event-loop to convert the mouse-pointer so you know its
> in the
> > right spot (because the visual edge isn't the actual resize region),
> and then
> > finally click and drag it.  Three steps just to get more visibility.
> 
> I think it's that waiting for the event loop bit that causes a lot of
> the problem. I haven't looked at the code in donkey's years but I seem
> to remember that it hasn't really been converted to sensible event code
> from ugly looping code yet. Maybe that would fix the problem.

It may also be due to waiting for the screen to redraw, since it
switches to a software cursor for the resize cursor.  That really can
add up to annoyingly long delays on slower hardware.

-Jesse