[fpc-pascal] Timer in X11

[Jonas Maebe]

On 22 Dec 2011, at 10:39, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:

> On 21 December 2011 18:26, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <...> wrote:
>> I tested with top and it doesn't even show my application in the top
>> 20 users of CPU.
>
> I was just about to mention that, and would have been very surprised
> if it did show CPU usage. I have always been careful with CPU usage in
> fpGUI's event loop.

Power usage is not only related to how much cpu power you use.  
Repeatedly waking up the cpu for minor processing also consumes more  
power than letting letting it stay in a low-power power saving mode.


Jonas