nanogui: small misc. feature patch for nanox and flnx
Subject:
Re: small misc. feature patch for nanox and flnx
From:
Jordan Crouse ####@####.####
Date:
23 Apr 2001 14:06:11 -0000
Message-Id: <01042308062101.21846@cosmic>
Ok, this is opens up a can of worms, so I will bite:
How does the list feel about the way that we integrate and release new code?
Is it timely enough?. What can we as maintainers that will make it easier
for the community to get the code that you want? Please be brutal and
specific. :)
Jordan
On Sunday 22 April 2001 09:00, Gary James mentioned:
> Steve,
>
> You ought to post the patches. Otherwise it could be months before anybody
> gets a chance to see your fixes.
>
> Gary James
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> On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 23:12:24 Steve Hein wrote:
> > Greg,
> >
> > I am using flnx and nanox (under Linux) in a situation where I am linking
> > the nanox server directly into the app. That worked fine, but I
> > found that when I used Fl::add_fd() to get input on file
> > descriptors or sockets, I would never get them. Basically,
> > this is because GrGetNextEvent() was called to get mouse/keyboard
> > events but its select() loop didn't watch for the file descriptors
> > I gave to flnx via Fl::add_fd().
> >
> > My solution was to:
> > - added a configure option, --with-microwinlink, to tell flnx
> > when nanox server is linked into app (enables my features)
> > - fix GrRegisterInput() to allow multiple file descriptors
> > - add a GrUnregisterInput() to remove descriptors
> > - have flnx call GrRegisterInput() and GrUnregisterInput()
> > when add_fd() and remove_fd() are called (ONLY when
> > configured with --with-microwinlink)
> > - have GsSelect() create GR_EVENT_TYPE_FDINPUT events
> > (when NONETWORK is set) for events on any FD's that
> > were registered via GrRegisterInput()
> > - have fl_handle() check for GR_EVENT_TYPE_FDINPUT events
> > and call the appropriate callbacks
> >
> > Granted, there are still issues here:
> > - seems like Fl::add_fd/Fl::remove_fd can't work when the nanoX
> > server isn't linked (since the fl_handle() loop basically just
> > loops on waiting for X events, I think...)
> > - this only covers input (read) events as I implemented it
> >
> > But, it seems like this is an improvement, and the way I
> > added it seems like it shouldn't affect cases that don't
> > use it.
> >
> > If you'd like the 2 patches (one for flnx-0.16, one for
> > microwindows-0.89pre7), let me know where I should send them.
> > (They're not too big, but I didn't know if I should post
> > the patches directly to this list).
> >
> > Steve
> >
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