On 04/26/2014 10:07 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
And it just surprises me what features Xlib / X11 has
X11 originally has been designed to work in a client-server way via
TCP-IP. Using a hardware "X-Terminal" and a Unix box without any
graphical hardware. :-)
If in Lazarus, it would be poss
On 2014-04-27 11:13, Marco van de Voort wrote:
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> (If you attend Fosdem occasionally, I often find myself at X.org lectures
Umm, I'll have to make a plan.
> when I have no other lecture to go to. Keith Packard also often has
> lectures there)
I have read so many of Keith's published papers. T
An interesting discussion at this link on the subject.
http://networkedblogs.com/axUUw
*Effectively, the beginning of the main() function is the only really safe
place to call XInitThreads(). *
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Yes , Xlib has many impressive features , but it is lacking in a simple (and
fast) way to independently write to specific bit planes without altering the
other bit planes for 2D animation. OpenGL can be used (I think) for 2D
automation using the z-buffer , but it really is and end around to a
defic
In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:
> And it just surprises me what features Xlib / X11 has - yet everybody
> seems so eager to replace it with something else (often with something
> less feature rich, yet tick the "cool" box). Sure X11 could do with some
> modernization, but I still t
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
On 2014-04-26 20:53, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
Interesting. I suppose that could lead us back to which widgetsets
support full multithreading.
And it just surprises me what features Xlib / X11 has - yet everybody
seems so eager to replace it with something else (often w
On 2014-04-26 20:53, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> Interesting. I suppose that could lead us back to which widgetsets
> support full multithreading.
And it just surprises me what features Xlib / X11 has - yet everybody
seems so eager to replace it with something else (often with something
less feat
Brian wrote:
SOLVED
XInitThreads() must be called prior to initailizing X , then it works using
XLockDisplay() and XUnlockDisplay()
XLockDisplay(TheDisplay);
NewEvent := Xpending(TheDisplay) > 0 ;
if NewEvent then
begin
XNextEvent(TheDisplay, @myevent);
KeypressedX := my
SOLVED
XInitThreads() must be called prior to initailizing X , then it works using
XLockDisplay() and XUnlockDisplay()
XLockDisplay(TheDisplay);
NewEvent := Xpending(TheDisplay) > 0 ;
if NewEvent then
begin
XNextEvent(TheDisplay, @myevent);
KeypressedX := myevent._type = k
All the Xlib documentation seems to imply that threads can be used , however
if I attempt to put XNextEvent() or XPending() in a thread , the rsult is a
GP fault . The error message suggests using XInitThreads() but it still
generates a GP fault.
Tried using XlockDisplay() and XUnlockDisplay() in
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