;; 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 (> (events-queued dpy (queued-mode after-flush)) 0) (next-event dpy) (begin (really-wait-event dpy) (wait-event dpy)))) (define (really-wait-event dpy . maybe-timeout) ;; selects on the port to the X-server and on the internal wakeup ;; pipe. We get woke up, if a Xlib-call reads events and puts them ;; in the Xlib-internal event queue in our back. See ;; general-after-function. (let* ((message-port (display-message-inport dpy)) (wakeup-port (display-wakeup-inport dpy)) (l (select-port-channels (if (null? maybe-timeout) #f (car maybe-timeout)) message-port wakeup-port))) ;; read all characters from the wakeup-port (if (member wakeup-port l) (let loop () (if (char-ready? wakeup-port) (begin (read-char wakeup-port) (loop))))) (member message-port l))) ;; 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")