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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: WHATSNEW.txt,v 1.152 2005/01/08 19:51:43 tundra Exp $
+$Id: WHATSNEW.txt,v 1.153 2005/01/09 16:35:20 tundra Exp $
 
 WHAT'S NEW
 
@@ -42,6 +42,27 @@
   old behavior that just did the refresh and left the active
   selections alone.
 
+- The internal variable that sets the GUI polling interval (POLLINT)
+  has been changed from a nominal 20ms to 250ms.  This is interval at
+  which the program checks to see whether or not it is time to reread
+  the current directory if AUTOREFRESH is enabled.
+
+
+- In previous versions, if AUTOREFRESH was enabled, the program would
+  attempt to reread the current directory every REFRESHINT ms
+  (nominal).  This could be a problem on very large/slow directory
+  reads (such as optical media) because as soon as one refresh was
+  done, it would be time for another.  This effectively locked the
+  program up because it was constantly doing directory reads leaving
+  no time for user interaction.  With this release, the refresh
+  interval is "adaptive" by default.  Each directory refresh time is
+  measured and the refresh interval is dynamically adjusted to reflect
+  the actual amount of time needed to read a given directory.  In no
+  case will this value ever be less than the value of REFRESHINT.  A
+  new option, ADAPTREFRESH, enables this feature by default.  If
+  ADAPTREFRESH is set to False, then the program reverts to its old
+  behavior of stictly observing the REFRESHINT interval.
+
 
 NEW FEATURES