Hi Esteban, That is a really good point - thanks for reminding me. Maybe I’m just a little early starting this project. Hopefully the bookworm release of PiOS will include a reasonably stable and functional Wayland.
For now I’ll work on ubuntu with Wayland and see how I go. Cheers, J > On 12 Jul 2023, at 6:59 pm, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@netc.eu> wrote: > > what is the xid? The x11 thingy? > in that case you will need to implement a method on GdkWindow (not > GtkWindow): > https://docs.gtk.org/gdk3-x11/method.X11Window.get_xid.html > then you do something like: > > GRunLoop defer: [ xid := myGtkWindow gdkWindow xid ]. > > but this is tied to the x11 system and linux is going out really fast of it > (is being replaced by Wayland). > I can bet there has to be a better way to connect it to a window. > > Esteban > > On Jul 12 2023, at 12:05 am, Jupiter Jones <jupiter.jo...@mail.com> wrote: > Hi Estiban, > > Thanks for that - works beautifully :) > > The next challenge was to let VLC know the xid for the gtk window, but of > course the one function that answers the xid for gtk appears to be in yet > another library (gtk-x11) which, of course, has no binding for Pharo as yet :) > > As I’m new to FFI (as is my offsider), this will take a bit of learning and > fumbling, so if someone knows it’s going to be a fools errand (ie. this isn’t > likely to resolve the link between VLC and gtk) please let me know. > > Otherwise, we’ll dive in. > > Cheers, > > J > > On 10 Jul 2023, at 9:50 pm, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@netc.eu> wrote: > > Hi, > > Heh, there were several problems around :) > > 1) Indeed, Ubuntu naming conventions were a problem for the gtk bindings. I > updated them and now it should not be a problem (but you need to pull them > again). > 2) I assume you are using Pharo Launcher (or zeroconf directly). And this is > a problem... PharoLauncher is a great idea, and for Windows is a mustbut in > linux world it just does not matches the philosophy: There are many > distrubutions and changes and is impossible to correctly distribute a VM with > all dependencies without using the packaging they expect (we need to start > thinking on distribute the VM as a flatpak, but that will take time to be > implemented). > You need to use the VM we provide with Open Build Service: > https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=devel:languages:pharo:stable&package=pharo-ui > 3) finally, this is not a real problem immediately, but a recommendation: > Pharo has different ways of being ejecuted. The default one will execute the > VM and everything needed in the main thread. This is usually suitable for > Pharo needs, but it is a problem when the UI loop is required to run > separately (not just for Gtk but any backend that you need to run on idle > mode). > Fortunaltely, Pharo implements also a way to be executed in a worker thread, > making space so the main thread can be used for other purposes. We highly > recommend that you execute Pharo using a worker thread (future versions of > Spec-Gtk will require this usage, and is definitively better. > How to execute in worker thread: > pharo --worker MyImage.image --interactive > > I updated the README on pharo-spec/Spec-Gtk to precise this points. > > Cheers! > Esteban > On Jul 10 2023, at 7:17 am, Jupiter Jones <jupiter.jo...@mail.com> wrote: > Another step forward. > > I created a new ubuntu 22 install, installed pharo 11 and installed spec-gtk. > The first issue was the libraries are named: libgobject-2.0.so.0 and > libpango-1.0.so.0 with the “.0” suffix. I created links to those with the > names spec-gtk is expecting. > > Then, the little test window opened but looked like this: > > > Is there something else I’m missing? > > Thanks for your advice. > > Cheers, > > Phil > > > On 9 Jul 2023, at 6:02 pm, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@netc.eu> wrote: > > Hi, > > Spec-Gtk should work without problems on P11, except on macs, where there is > a known problem. > what is the process you are taking to install it? where are you trying it? > > I don't know the status of the VLC bindings. > > Esteban > > On Jul 9 2023, at 2:53 am, Jupiter Jones <jupiter.jo...@mail.com> wrote: > The stark silence answers my question :) > > So… > > I found a nice binding to VLC [1] and was thinking of using Spec2 GTK+ to > create a video widget/component. Does anyone with more in depth knowledge of > Spec2 and GTK foresee any obvious blocks? > > First block :) I can’t find a way to play with the Spec2 GTK+ binding [2] > without the image crashing on startup. I see someone has already logged the > issue in GitHub for 10 and 11, and I tried 12 just for fun, and it also ate > all the memory then crashed. > > Is there a Pharo version that will work with the Spec2 GTK+ binding > installed? Maybe I’m looking at this too early :) > > [1] https://github.com/badetitou/Pharo-LibVLC > [2] https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec-Gtk > > On 3 Jul 2023, at 5:07 pm, Jupiter Jones <jupiter.jo...@mail.com> wrote: > > Can anyone point to to some library, documentation or examples of how to play > video in Pharo? > > Thanks in advance. > > Cheers, > > J
