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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Finishing up YAIP (Yet Another Input Handler), Need info.
Message-ID: <8805110206.AA19547@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 11 May 88 02:06:42 GMT
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:By the way, it is probably not a good idea for programs to call Intuition
:functions (such as SetPrefs) from an input handler.  I can identify problems
:that might occur with locking, and there are probably others.  My
:intuition helper (IHelp) has input device signal or message a normal
:application task which calls Intuition for move windows and so on.  I bet 
:yours does the same.
:
:	jimm

	Right.  I was calling SetPrefs() from a slave task ... the input
handler simply Signal()d it.  However, I *am* calling WindowToFront(),
WindowToBack(), WindowToBack(), and WhichLayer() from my handler.  Is
that OK?  I was under the impression that intuition doesn't depend on
input device timer ticks to be able to execute such operations.

					-Matt