Re: Garnet, CMUCL & Debian

On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 11:43:57PM -1000, Chris Hall wrote:
> Actually, if I use 'run-listener' it works fine, though CPU goes
> *waaay* up.  Using 'run-listener-thread' is another story - reducing
> the value of lisp:*max-event-to-usec* helped noticeably, but even at
> 50 (down from 500000!) time between screen paints were 1 - 2 seconds.
> I.e., if I type 'Show DIr' into Listener, I have to wait ~1.5 sec. to
> make sure of what I typed.

Just to make sure; you /are/ running (mp::startup-idle-and-top-level-loops),
right? It makes a world of difference. Also, running Hemlock together with
the listener leads to horrible slowdowns as well, for me.

'mr

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