Neville Smythe wrote: > Typically LC cpu usage shows about 34% (presumably of 1 core). When > a modal stack is opened it immediately ramps up to 99% ; the fan kicks > in, and if left for a while the OS boosts the kernel_task daemon which > I have been told is a protection device to prevent overheating. This > has the effect of very markedly slowing down all apps as they get less > cpu time. > > If the stack is opened in non-modal mode, cpu usage stays around 34% . > I don’t understand why a modal stack should be a cpu hog, indeed it > seems like a bug to me.
Confirmed here on macOS 10.14.5. The CPU load is indeed quite dramatic with modal dialogs.
I also checked on Linux (Ubuntu 18.04), and LC does not exhibit the problem there.
Have you opened a bug report on this? -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Systems Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web ____________________________________________________________________ ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
