Re: [Bug-gnubg] BUG: "Set priority belownormal" does not work

[Jon Kinsey]

Ian Shaw wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Kinsey [mailto:address@hidden
> >
> > Below is an extract from the sdk documentation which shows that there 
> > are up to 32 different priority levels on windows.  Perhaps 
> > we need to 
> > work out what would be useful to set for a user (e.g. low, 
> > normal or high)?
> >
> > Jon
>
>
> What I do in practice is to go into windows task manager after launching and 
> set the priority to LOW. This works very well. I am able to run all my normal 
> apps with no noticeable performance impact, and gnubg.exe uses 99% CPU time for 
> rollouts whenever I'm idle.

This is the main use I can see people wanting, perhaps a set priority 
low command is all that is needed.  I think most users will be confused 
by all the different priorities (above normal, highest, idle etc) and 
I'm not sure they're very useful.

Jon