[fxruby-users] Getting fewer paints per second than I expected

[Wayne Conrad]

I've got a program that puts 20 text labels in the main window.  Each
label updates itself to a global counter on SEL_UPDATE.  The counter
increments 10 times a second.

To my surprise, the labels skip counter updates.  I expected to see
each label painting a new timer value 10 times per second.  Instead,
each label paints about 3 times per second.  CPU is about 100% idle
when the program is running.

Have I made a newbie mistake?  Is this a question for the regular Fox
list?

Fox 1.4.34, FXRuby 1.4.7, Debian testing.

Program follows.

#!/usr/bin/ruby1.8

require 'fox14'

include Fox

class Main

  def initialize
    @i = 0
  end

  def run
    @app = FXApp.new
    main = FXMainWindow.new(@app, File.basename(__FILE__))
    FXButton.new(main, "&Quit") do |button|
      button.layoutHints = LAYOUT_CENTER_X
      button.connect(SEL_COMMAND) do
        exit
      end
    end
    20.times do
      FXLabel.new(main, format_count) do |label|
        label.connect(SEL_UPDATE) do
          label.text = format_count
        end
      end
    end
    main.show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
    start_timer
    @app.create
    @app.run
  end

  private

  def format_count
    "%04d" % @i
  end

  def start_timer
    @app.addTimeout(100, method(:timer))
  end

  def timer(sender, sel, data)
    @i += 1
    start_timer
  end

end

Main.new.run if $0 == __FILE__