Experiment with smaller delay for client

networktransport.hpp

@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ namespace Network {
     int fd( void ) { return connection.fd(); }
 
     void set_verbose( void ) { sender.set_verbose(); verbose = true; }
+
+    void set_send_delay( int new_delay ) { sender.set_send_delay( new_delay ); }
   };
 }
 

stmclient.cpp

@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ void STMClient::main_init( void )
   network = new Network::Transport< Network::UserStream, Terminal::Complete >( blank, local_terminal,
 									       key.c_str(), ip.c_str(), port );
 
+  network->set_send_delay( 1 ); /* minimal delay on outgoing keystrokes */
+
   /* tell server the size of the terminal */
   network->get_current_state().push_back( Parser::Resize( window_size.ws_col, window_size.ws_row ) );
 }

transportsender.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ TransportSender<MyState>::TransportSender( Connection *s_connection, MyState &in
     shutdown_in_progress( false ),
     shutdown_tries( 0 ),
     ack_num( 0 ),
-    pending_data_ack( false )
+    pending_data_ack( false ),
+    SEND_MINDELAY( 15 )
 {
 }
 

transportsender.hpp

@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ namespace Network {
     static const int SEND_INTERVAL_MIN = 20; /* ms between frames */
     static const int SEND_INTERVAL_MAX = 250; /* ms between frames */
     static const int ACK_INTERVAL = 3000; /* ms between empty acks */
-    static const int ACK_DELAY = 20; /* ms before delayed ack */
+    static const int ACK_DELAY = 100; /* ms before delayed ack */
-    static const int SEND_MINDELAY = 20; /* ms to collect all input */
     static const int SHUTDOWN_RETRIES = 3; /* number of shutdown packets to send before giving up */
 
     /* helper methods for tick() */
@@ -62,6 +61,8 @@ namespace Network {
     uint64_t ack_num;
     bool pending_data_ack;
 
+    int SEND_MINDELAY; /* ms to collect all input */
+
   public:
     /* constructor */
     TransportSender( Connection *s_connection, MyState &initial_state );
@@ -95,6 +96,8 @@ namespace Network {
     bool get_counterparty_shutdown_acknowledged( void ) { return fragmenter.last_ack_sent() == uint64_t(-1); }
     bool shutdown_ack_timed_out( void );
 
+    void set_send_delay( int new_delay ) { SEND_MINDELAY = new_delay; }
+
     /* nonexistent methods to satisfy -Weffc++ */
     TransportSender( const TransportSender &x );
     TransportSender & operator=( const TransportSender &x );