On Friday, 27 November 1998,
     DENIS TONN wrote to IVAN TODOROSKI about PM drawing priorities...

IT>>   Well, it turns that OS/2 actually DOES boost the priority of video
IT>>   output at the expense of other applications (see my previous
IT>>   messages), and that's the reason why everything stops in the
IT>>   background.

 DT>  No. Not video output. It is still based purely on the application
 DT> priority (dynamicly adjusted or absolute). Since all the
"drawing" you
 DT> are witnessing is through PM, it is a PM behaviour you are observing,
 DT> not an artifact of "video boost".

    Yes, I'm beggining to see that now! Thanks for your patience :)

    It must be PM behaviour, however strange...

 DT>  You have too many interacting variables involved to be drawing the
 DT> above conclusions.

  Quite right... well that's what Fido is all about. Discussing your
  conclusions and being corrected when you're wrong!

                                                            - Ivan -

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