On 24/11/2016 08:51, Thomas Huth wrote: > > So for this to work an extra buffer would have to be stored in gtk.c > > somewhere, and possibly similar timer trick used as in console.c > > > > Any ideas how to do this without introducing too much insanity? > > > > Presumably using a GTK timer for repeating gd_vc_in the handler would > > run in the same GTK UI thread as the "commit" signal handler and > > excessive locking would not be required. > > > > The data passed to gd_vc_in is presumably freed when it ends so it > > would have to be copied somewhere. It's quite possible to create a > > static list in gd_vc_in or some extra field in VirtualConsole. > > Not sure how the best solution should really look like, but Paolo > suggested something here: > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-11/msg02222.html > > ... so I'm putting him on CC: ... maybe he's got some spare minutes to > elaborate on his idea.
My idea looks very much like Michal's. I hadn't gone very much beyond the "you need a buffer" step, but anyway you don't need a timer---you can just record a chr_accept_input callback in gd_vc_handler. It will be called when the front-end is ready to get more characters. Thanks, Paolo
