On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 05:51:38PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andre> That's most of the 'necessary infrastucture' for 'localized > Andre> getStatus' (but none of the 'real' work). > > Andre> It would work pretty much like dispatch: asking > Andre> cursor-tip-to-bottom every inset whether it will later handle a > Andre> certain request, stopping at the first one that says 'I know > Andre> this LFUN and I decide now that this is allowed or not'. > > I do not have any opinion on the best way to implement this, but > localized getStatus is definitely something we need.
I think having this getStatus in parallel to the priv_dispatch is (a) simple to implement and (b) all we need. Each insets that handles LFUN_FOO in priv_dispatch() will have the chance to 'announce' this in it's own getStatus() (and could 'validate' all necessary restrictions by itself without creating lots of interdependencies.) Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson or B. Franklin or both...)
