Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
On Friday, Jun 20, 2003, at 16:43 Europe/Stockholm, Daniel Nelson wrote: time animation. The ones that bother me are the little tools that I write which use OSControl xtra for all the interface components. They are so lightweight that it seems crazy to start the fans blowing - which also reduces laptop battery time, of course. Yes, I wish there were an option to say hey, this is just a regular app, not a multimedia project. What about using pause instead of go to the frame? I don't have dir on this computer so I can't test it myself, but I use pause if I don't have animations... -A. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
At 0:52 Uhr -0400 20.06.2003, Tab Julius wrote: I've noticed that occasionally commands issued in the message window are ignored. I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason to this, but in testing various command-line Xtras, occasionally, a call garners no result at all. A breakpoint and/or printout in the Xtra shows it was never called. Re-submitting the command works. Has anyone else seen this? could it be by any chance, that you SHIFT-RETURNed by mistake ? you remember, that there is this new multi line message window feature in DiMX ? shift+return adds a return without executing the line ctrl+return executes all preceding lines up to the first empty line. -- ||| a¿ex -- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
This has always been like this, PC and MAC... The only thing that really sucks about this, is that it is an excellent way of eating laptop battery power... a real good feature for a mobile world, ironically speaking of course :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Troy Rollins Sent: vrijdag 20 juni 2003 3:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary) On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 01:34 PM, Kevin McFarland wrote: I'm trying to summarize known DMX issues, here is what I have come up with so far, from looking at past threads and notes. Any others I'm missing? * font width on OSX * exitLock broken on OSX? * modifier key bugs on OSX, fixed by rebooting * inaccurate soundLevel value returned on OSX * some Buddy issues on OSX Maybe I'm the only one seeing this one - idle projectors in OSX consuming huge CPU resources for no apparent reason. I notice on my Powerbook that the CPU fan comes on whenever there is a projector running, or even a shockwave in the browser - my own, or anyone else's. CPU averages 80% utilization when the projector is in the background looping on a frame with no scripts (other than go to the frame.) If this doesn't qualify as an issue to be reported, does anyone see similar results, or have found a way to eliminate the CPU hogging? -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
Could be.. I'll have to watch it more closely. Most of the commands do end in a right parentheses, as in function(myxtra) It's possible; at least that would explain it. Might just be a result of typing too fast. Thanks - Tab At 03:31 AM 6/20/03, Alex da Franca wrote: At 0:52 Uhr -0400 20.06.2003, Tab Julius wrote: I've noticed that occasionally commands issued in the message window are ignored. I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason to this, but in testing various command-line Xtras, occasionally, a call garners no result at all. A breakpoint and/or printout in the Xtra shows it was never called. Re-submitting the command works. Has anyone else seen this? could it be by any chance, that you SHIFT-RETURNed by mistake ? you remember, that there is this new multi line message window feature in DiMX ? shift+return adds a return without executing the line ctrl+return executes all preceding lines up to the first empty line. [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
time animation. The ones that bother me are the little tools that I write which use OSControl xtra for all the interface components. They are so lightweight that it seems crazy to start the fans blowing - which also reduces laptop battery time, of course. Yes, I wish there were an option to say hey, this is just a regular app, not a multimedia project. It's so very easy to make great looking and functioning stuff in Director that it would be nice if it had the ability to act just like other applications. I guess I'll fire off a message to the wishlist. Maybe if enough people ask for this, then they'll do it! Regards, Daniel [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 12:17 PM, Daniel Nelson wrote: You can send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Done. Thanks. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
RE: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
Hey, What's the wish list URL? Since Macromedia changed their site around, I don't visit too often. All bug reports and feature requests should be submitted using the form at the following URL: http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ Yes, I'm listening to this DMX issues thread and will note all items mentioned. That having been said, please do send along any requests via the wishform as well. Cheers, Tom Higgins Product Specialist - Director Team Macromedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
Thank you Tom for your presence here and for the heads up on the wish-list. Best Regards, Daniel Thomas Higgins wrote: All bug reports and feature requests should be submitted using the form at the following URL: http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/ Yes, I'm listening to this DMX issues thread and will note all items mentioned. That having been said, please do send along any requests via the wishform as well. Cheers, Tom Higgins Product Specialist - Director Team Macromedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
don't forget the pizza of death issues in the script window At 10:34 AM -0700 6/19/03, you wrote: I'm trying to summarize known DMX issues, here is what I have come up with so far, from looking at past threads and notes. Any others I'm missing? * font width on OSX * exitLock broken on OSX? * modifier key bugs on OSX, fixed by rebooting * inaccurate soundLevel value returned on OSX * some Buddy issues on OSX and of course lots of authoring-only bugs I've read about, e.g. windowing etc thanks, KMc [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 01:34 PM, Kevin McFarland wrote: I'm trying to summarize known DMX issues, here is what I have come up with so far, from looking at past threads and notes. Any others I'm missing? * font width on OSX * exitLock broken on OSX? * modifier key bugs on OSX, fixed by rebooting * inaccurate soundLevel value returned on OSX * some Buddy issues on OSX Maybe I'm the only one seeing this one - idle projectors in OSX consuming huge CPU resources for no apparent reason. I notice on my Powerbook that the CPU fan comes on whenever there is a projector running, or even a shockwave in the browser - my own, or anyone else's. CPU averages 80% utilization when the projector is in the background looping on a frame with no scripts (other than go to the frame.) If this doesn't qualify as an issue to be reported, does anyone see similar results, or have found a way to eliminate the CPU hogging? -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
Hi Troy, The way Macromedia has explained this is that Director projectors don't actually hog the cpu, they just eat up unused cycles. If I recall correctly, this is aimed to handle animation. Other types of processing can afford to wait--being off by a tenth of a second may not really matter--but a tenth of a second in an animation produces a jerk in the motion. When another application requests cycles, Director supposedly plays nicely. Regards, Daniel Maybe I'm the only one seeing this one - idle projectors in OSX consuming huge CPU resources for no apparent reason. I notice on my Powerbook that the CPU fan comes on whenever there is a projector running, or even a shockwave in the browser - my own, or anyone else's. CPU averages 80% utilization when the projector is in the background looping on a frame with no scripts (other than go to the frame.) If this doesn't qualify as an issue to be reported, does anyone see similar results, or have found a way to eliminate the CPU hogging? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
On Thursday, Jun 19, 2003, at 23:00 America/Chicago, Daniel Nelson wrote: The way Macromedia has explained this is that Director projectors don't actually hog the cpu, they just eat up unused cycles. If I recall correctly, this is aimed to handle animation. Yeah; I believe taking the framerate down can reduce it, as of course can unchecking animate in background but if you have processes that must be running, that's not such a hot plan of course. ;) Also looking over the cpuHogTicks setting might be of value here. Warren Ockrassa | President, nightwares LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] nightwares LLC | Consulting Programming http://www.nightwares.com/ Developer | Structor, a presentation development/programming tool Info and demo | http://www.nightwares.com/structor/ Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide Chapter samples | http://www.nightwares.com/director_beginners_guide/ [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 12:41 AM, Howdy-Tzi wrote: The way Macromedia has explained this is that Director projectors don't actually hog the cpu, they just eat up unused cycles. If I recall correctly, this is aimed to handle animation. Yeah; I believe taking the framerate down can reduce it, as of course can unchecking animate in background but if you have processes that must be running, that's not such a hot plan of course. ;) Also looking over the cpuHogTicks setting might be of value here. Thanks, I'm looking into this. I would agree that it does seem to play nicely most of the time. The disconcerting part is primarily the fact that projectors and shockwaves (nearly) always trigger a Powerbook's CPU fan. So whenever you launch a Director based app, after a few seconds it sounds like a little airplane revving up - something I normally associate with rendering in 3D or other computational heavy tasks... not something caused by a little app or utility. It is not so big a deal in projectors which have a lot of video or real time animation. The ones that bother me are the little tools that I write which use OSControl xtra for all the interface components. They are so lightweight that it seems crazy to start the fans blowing - which also reduces laptop battery time, of course. -- Troy RPSystems, Ltd. http://www.rpsystems.net [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
Re: lingo-l x-post: DMX issues (summary)
I've noticed that occasionally commands issued in the message window are ignored. I haven't figured out the rhyme or reason to this, but in testing various command-line Xtras, occasionally, a call garners no result at all. A breakpoint and/or printout in the Xtra shows it was never called. Re-submitting the command works. Has anyone else seen this? [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
