[Question] how to set mainLoopMode from startFidget

[IvanScheers]

I tried setting the mailLoopMode to RepaintOnFrame, but get compile errors. Either RepaintOnFrame not defined or when I declare it as MainLoopMode (copied the type MainLoopMode enum to my code, otherwise it did not work at all) I get should be type MainLoopMode but is type MainLoopMode (??).

I went over the source code an finally I hardcoded RepaintOnFrame in openglbackend.nim to get it working.

For my project. I want to display a few parameters originating from a thread (vars residing in the main module which the thread alters by means of nim channels ). It works like expected, but with RepaintOnFrame my exe uses 12 to 19% of the processor because it updates the screen constantly (60 fps+), while an update 2 to 5 times a second would suffice for monitoring the parameters.

Does fidget have another way ? Like a time event that can be set ? So the gui is drawn when something happens (like the default RepaintOnEvent) or when a certain amount of time (in my case 200 to 500 ms) passed. I don't finde anything in the samples, nor in the fidget source code.

I managed to lower the processor use somewhat (to 4 - 9%) by adding a sleep in drawMain(), but obvioulsy that is not the way to solve the issue since it makes the user interface sluggish.

[treeform]

Sorry, I don't really support the case where you want to run the loop at 10 or 2fps.

I think you are doing it correctly by going to the source and messing with the terming there.

Are you compiling with -d:release, just the app drawing at 60fps should be pretty fast as it does nothing.

[IvanScheers]

Thank you for the reply. No indeed, I'm developing and quite new to Nim, so didn't compile with -d:release. If that makes the processor use go down drastically, I'm good. Otherwise I'll stick with RepaintOnEvent and add code to force a repaint after an elapsed time.