Re: need delay while key not pressed

Well, I was interpreting what you said about dimming.  On Windows, if you
do not interact with the OS (e.g. no SDL_PollEvent() over a span of about 5
seconds, then the OS sees your program in an unresponsive state and prompts
you to do something about it.

Jonny D


On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 4:50 AM, bilsch01 <[email protected]> wrote:

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> ]Your code enters a hard loop where it delays forever.  Nothing changes
> any variable that would help the loop to end, so your OS is helpfully
> telling you there's a problem.
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> How does my OS (ubuntu) know the situation inside the loop if the loop
> does something every 500 msec? That's not very often.
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