diff -aur src/java/awt/EventQueue.java src_hack/java/awt/EventQueue.java
--- src/java/awt/EventQueue.java	Fri Jun 20 09:10:15 2003
+++ src_hack/java/awt/EventQueue.java	Fri Oct 17 09:26:57 2003
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@
 
     private final String name = "AWT-EventQueue-" + nextThreadNum();
 
+    // (\)
+    public static long firstEventTime;
+    public static long userEventTime;
+    public static boolean paintOccurred;
+    private static int ncount;
+    // (/)
+
     public EventQueue() {
         for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PRIORITIES; i++) {
 	    queues[i] = new Queue();
@@ -332,11 +339,32 @@
                         if (eqi.next == null) {
                             queues[i].tail = null;
                         }
+                        // (\)
+                        int id = eqi.event.getID();
+                        if (id == 501 || id == 502 || id == 401) {
+                            System.out.println("-> user event ["+id+"]");
+                            userEventTime = firstEventTime;
+                        }
+                        // (/)
                         return eqi.event;
                     }
                 }
                 AWTAutoShutdown.getInstance().notifyThreadFree(dispatchThread);
+                // (\) no more events in the queue
+                if (paintOccurred && userEventTime > 0) {
+                    paintOccurred = false;
+                    long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                    long diff = time - userEventTime;
+                    if (diff > 40000)
+                        userEventTime = 0;
+                    else
+                        System.out.println(Integer.toString(++ncount)+". paint done "+diff);
+                }
+                // (/)
                 wait();
+                // (\) queue awakened, new events arrived
+                firstEventTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+                // (/)
             }
         } while(true);
     }
diff -aur src/javax/swing/JComponent.java src_hack/javax/swing/JComponent.java
--- src/javax/swing/JComponent.java	Fri Jun 20 09:11:41 2003
+++ src_hack/javax/swing/JComponent.java	Fri Oct 17 09:26:57 2003
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@
  */
 public abstract class JComponent extends Container implements Serializable
 {
+    // (\)
+    transient private boolean painted;
+    // (/)
+
     /**
      * @see #getUIClassID
      * @see #writeObject
@@ -784,6 +788,13 @@
             if(clipH > getHeight()) {
                 clipH = getHeight();
             }
+
+            // (\)
+            java.awt.EventQueue.paintOccurred =
+                !painted || clipW > 10 || clipH > 17
+                || !(this instanceof javax.swing.text.JTextComponent);
+            painted = true;
+            // (/)
 
             if(getParent() != null && !(getParent() instanceof JComponent)) {
                 adjustPaintFlags();
diff -aur src/javax/swing/JMenu.java src_hack/javax/swing/JMenu.java
--- src/javax/swing/JMenu.java	Fri Jun 20 09:11:42 2003
+++ src_hack/javax/swing/JMenu.java	Fri Oct 17 09:26:57 2003
@@ -1251,6 +1251,12 @@
      *        it is not
      */
     public void menuSelectionChanged(boolean isIncluded) {
+        // (\)
+        if (java.awt.EventQueue.firstEventTime > java.awt.EventQueue.userEventTime) {
+            java.awt.EventQueue.userEventTime = java.awt.EventQueue.firstEventTime;
+            System.out.println("-> user event [menu]");
+        }
+        // (/)
 	if (DEBUG) {
 	    System.out.println("In JMenu.menuSelectionChanged to " + isIncluded);
 	}
diff -aur src/javax/swing/JMenuItem.java src_hack/javax/swing/JMenuItem.java
--- src/javax/swing/JMenuItem.java	Fri Jun 20 09:11:42 2003
+++ src_hack/javax/swing/JMenuItem.java	Fri Oct 17 09:26:57 2003
@@ -669,6 +669,12 @@
      * @see MenuSelectionManager#setSelectedPath(MenuElement[])
      */
     public void menuSelectionChanged(boolean isIncluded) {
+        // (\)
+        if (java.awt.EventQueue.firstEventTime > java.awt.EventQueue.userEventTime) {
+            java.awt.EventQueue.userEventTime = java.awt.EventQueue.firstEventTime;
+            System.out.println("-> user event [menu]");
+        }
+        // (/)
         setArmed(isIncluded);
     }