[racket] Moving frame% blocks processing in auxiliary eventspace

From: Kieron Hardy (kieron.hardy at gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 20 10:34:37 EDT 2012

On Jul 19, 2012, at 16:12, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:

> At Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:34:59 -0600, Kieron Hardy wrote:
>> However, on Windows, moving the frame around causes the key-stroke
>> processing to block until the move is completed. i.e. The 'update display
>> and wait' code blocks until the the mouse button is released.
>> 
>> Anyone know, what might be causing the block, and if there any
>> modifications that can be made to the code so that if does not occur?
> 
> This is a limitation of `racket/gui/base' on Windows. The Win32
> protocol for window dragging takes control away from Racket until the
> drag is complete.
> 
OK- thanks for the info Matthew.

Kieron

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