[SDL] Why does the rectangle move so slowly and blink?

[newbie]

And when my test code was executed,most of mem(swap+physical mem) was used!
What should I do?
On 16:02 Tue 03 Aug     , Donny Viszneki wrote:
> Well I don't know anything about your hardware so I can't really judge  
> what the performance SHOULD be like, however you might want to try  
> creating the rectangle on a separate surface and blitting it. I don't  
> believe SDL_FillRect offers any sort of acceleration (someone please  
> correct me if I'm wrong.)
> 
> Also, you probably don't want to update two rects separately, that is  
> the source of your blinking. Instead of using SDL_UpdateRect, use  
> SDL_UpdateRects. Or one better, actually use the backbuffer you  
> requested with SDL_DOUBLEBUF, and call SDL_Flip some time!
> 
> On Aug 3, 2004, at 3:47 PM, newbie wrote:
> 
> >For movement,I use SDL_FillRect to fill the current rect in new color  
> >then
> >background color.Although the usleep function was commented,the  
> >rectangle
> >still moved very slowly and blinked greatly.What should I do to speed  
> >up it and  eliminate the blinking?
> >gentoo linux,libsdl-1.2.7-r2,kernel 2.6.7.
> >here is test code:
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >------
> >#include <stdlib.h>
> >#include <unistd.h>
> >#include <SDL/SDL.h>
> >
> >/*
> > * Return the pixel value at (x, y)
> > * NOTE: The surface must be locked before calling this!
> > */
> >Uint32 getpixel(SDL_Surface *surface, int x, int y)
> >{
> >    int bpp = surface->format->BytesPerPixel;
> >    /* Here p is the address to the pixel we want to retrieve */
> >    Uint8 *p = (Uint8 *)surface->pixels + y * surface->pitch + x * bpp;
> >
> >    switch(bpp) {
> >    case 1:
> >        return *p;
> >
> >    case 2:
> >        return *(Uint16 *)p;
> >
> >    case 3:
> >        if(SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN)
> >            return p[0] << 16 | p[1] << 8 | p[2];
> >        else
> >            return p[0] | p[1] << 8 | p[2] << 16;
> >
> >    case 4:
> >        return *(Uint32 *)p;
> >
> >    default:
> >        return 0;       /* shouldn't happen, but avoids warnings */
> >    }
> >}
> >
> >main(int argc, char *argv[])
> >{
> >
> >   SDL_Surface *screen;
> >   int W = 640,H = 480,bpp = 8;
> >   int x,y;
> >   SDL_Rect dstrect;
> >   Uint32 color;
> >
> >    /* Initialize the SDL library */
> >    if( SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0 ) {
> >        fprintf(stderr,
> >                "Couldn't initialize SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
> >        exit(1);
> >    }
> >
> >    /* Clean up on exit */
> >    atexit(SDL_Quit);
> >
> >    /*
> >     * Initialize the display in a 640x480 bpp-bit palettized mode,
> >     * requesting a software surface
> >     */
> >    /* Have a preference for bpp-bit, but accept any depth */
> >    screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(W, H, bpp,
> >            SDL_HWSURFACE|SDL_ANYFORMAT|SDL_DOUBLEBUF);
> >    if ( screen == NULL ) {
> >        fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't set 640x480x8 video mode: %s\n",
> >                        SDL_GetError());
> >        exit(1);
> >    }
> >
> >
> >    for(x = 0,y = 0;(x<W) && (y<H);x++){
> >        dstrect.x = x;
> >        dstrect.y = y;
> >        dstrect.w = 100;
> >        dstrect.h = 100;
> >        color=getpixel(screen,x,y);
> >        SDL_FillRect(screen,&dstrect,0xfa9d31);
> >        SDL_UpdateRect(screen,x,y,100,100);
> >        SDL_Flip(screen);
> >        //usleep(1e2);
> >        SDL_FillRect(screen,&dstrect,color);
> >        SDL_UpdateRect(screen,x,y,100,100);
> >        y ++;
> >    }
> >
> >}
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >-------
> >Best Regards,
> >
> >
> >
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> - Donny Viszneki
> 
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