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List:       gambas-devel
Subject:    Re: [Gambas-devel] Hooking the event loop
From:       tobi <tobias () gambas-buch ! de>
Date:       2012-05-25 18:48:00
Message-ID: 20120525184800.GB1483 () aurora
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On Fri, 25 May 2012, Beno=EEt Minisini wrote:
> Le 20/05/2012 22:21, tobi a =E9crit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I saw in gambas.h that I'm able to install a hook for the event loop. T=
his simply is a function to
> > be called by the native event loop, as I saw in gb.qt4, right? Is there=
 any policy to respect when I
> > install such a hook (like saving the former hook and calling it, too to=
 not turn off any essential
> > attributes of other components)?
> > Of course, I wouldn't fiddle around with that without a reason: I have =
a module that will wait for a
> > key press and from then on continuously raise events until a key releas=
e occurs. I need a point
> > where it makes sense to install a function that periodically dispatches=
 that event. You see, it is
> > handled by logic so I have no fd or something to GB.Watch()...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tobi
> >
> =

> Actually it's not a hook. It must be a full implementation of an event lo=
op.
> =

> The Gambas interpreter has an internal event loop. GUI tookits usually =

> implement their own event loop, that is of course not compatible with =

> the Gambas one. So, by specifying the 'LOOP' hook, you tell the =

> interpreter not to use its own event loop, but let the toolkit use its =

> own one.
> =

> I don't give you all the detail. It is more complex than that, because =

> the toolkit event loop must be modified so that it can handle Gambas =

> timers and file descriptor watches.
> =

> Regards,
> =

> -- =

> Beno=EEt Minisini
> =

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That was what I presumed. I don't need that anymore as I have GB.Every() no=
w.


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