Hi, > I'm interested in using guile-xlib to mess around with writing a window > manager. Nice idea ! I really find its a missing feature.
Why don't you target xcb rather than xlib ? It seems more modern (and more suited for guile ?). Regards. Le 27/01/2013 14:31, Mark Witmer a écrit :> > Hi all, > > I'm interested in using guile-xlib to mess around with writing a window > manager. However, it looks like my first task would be porting it to > Guile 2.0, since it's quite old (assuming some newer version isn't > floating around in the ether somewhere -- I'm looking at guile-xlib > 0.4). > > I haven't done anything like this before, so I'm seeking any wisdom > anyone out there might have on the subject. A couple specific questions > for now: > > 1. Is there a good reference source for the old deprecated methods? I > looked up a few (eg. "scm_wta" and "scm_i_makinum") in the old manuals > going back to 1.4 but didn't have any luck finding them. I can read the > source, but some documentation would help! > > 2. Since scm_smob_free is deprecated, does that mean I can just replace > a line like "return scm_smob_free(child_smob)" with "return 0;" and rest > easy knowing the gc will take care of the details? > > Thanks > > Mark Witmer >
