Re: [dev] [st] Removing timeouts in main loop

From: <stanio_AT_cs.tu-berlin.de>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 11:42:14 +0200

* Roberto E. Vargas Caballero <k0ga_AT_shike2.com> [2012-09-16 09:48]:
> The main loop waits until there is some data to read in file descriptors of
> the X server or the pseudo tty. But it uses a timeout in select(), which
> causes that st awake each 20 ms, even it doesn't have something to do. This
> patch removes this problem removing the timeout, which is not needed.

I think this was supposed to make st faster, since it doesn't need to
draw things you'll never be able to read, i.e. anything faster than
20ms.

--s_
Received on Sun Sep 16 2012 - 11:42:14 CEST