[squeak-dev] computers too fast these days?

Levente Uzonyi leves at elte.hu
Sun Aug 18 20:30:20 UTC 2013


On Sun, 18 Aug 2013, Bob Arning wrote:

> I've often wondered why, when I search for some string that isn't there, I see the text morph flash sometimes, but not always. Here's a fix.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bob
> 
> 'From Squeak4.4 of 1 March 2013 [latest update: #12489] on 18 August 2013 at 11:49:45 am'!
> 
> !Morph methodsFor: 'macpal' stamp: 'raa 8/18/2013 06:44'!
> flash
>     | originalColor |
>     originalColor := self color.
>     [ self color:
>         (originalColor
>             ifNil: [ Color black ]
>             ifNotNil: [ (originalColor alpha: 1) negated ]) ]
>         ensure:
>             [ self world ifNotNil: [ : w | w displayWorldSafely. (Delay forMilliseconds: 100) wait ].

Is this really a good idea? What if multiple morphs get flashed?


Levente

>             self color: originalColor ]! !
> 
> 
>


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