;; Thread-safe event reading ***************************************** ;; wait-event blocks the current thread until an event is available, ;; and then it returns this new event. (define (wait-event dpy) (if (not (> (events-queued dpy (queued-mode after-flush)) 0)) (block-on-message-inport dpy)) (next-event dpy)) (define (block-on-message-inport dpy) ; needs ports, locks (let ((port (display-message-inport dpy))) (disable-interrupts!) (if (not (char-ready? port)) (begin (obtain-lock (port-lock port)) (add-pending-channel (port->channel port)) (wait-for-channel (port->channel port)) ;; enables interrupts (release-lock (port-lock port))) (enable-interrupts!)))) ;;; Only here until scsh provides us with select (import-lambda-definition add-pending-channel (channel) "scx_add_pending_channel") ;; How to find out if there are events available ********************* (define-enumerated-type queued-mode :queued-mode queued-mode? queued-modes queued-mode-name queued-mode-index (already after-reading after-flush)) (define-exported-binding "scx-queued-mode" :queued-mode) (import-lambda-definition events-queued (display mode) "scx_Events_Queued") (define (event-ready? display) (or (> (events-queued display (queued-mode already)) 0) (char-ready? (display-message-inport display)))) ;; events-pending is identical to events-queued with after-flush ;; mode. (import-lambda-definition events-pending (display) "scx_Events_Pending") ;; Other event reading *********************************************** (import-lambda-definition next-event (display) "scx_Next_Event") (import-lambda-definition peek-event (display) "scx_Peek_Event") ;; returns a list of (time . (x . y)) elements (import-lambda-definition get-motion-events (display window from to) "scx_Get_Motion_Events") ;; Sending events **************************************************** (import-lambda-definition send-event (display window propagate mask event) "scx_Send_Event")