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NAME |
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Glib::EV - Coerce Glib into using the EV module as event loop. |
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SYNOPSIS |
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use Glib::EV; |
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# example with Gtk2: |
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use Gtk2 -init; |
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use Glib::EV; |
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use EV; # any order |
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my $timer = EV::timer 1, 1, sub { print "I am here!\n" }; |
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main Gtk2; |
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# etc., it just works |
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# You can even move the glib mainloop into a coroutine: |
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use Gtk2 -init; |
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use Coro; |
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use Coro::EV; |
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use Glib::EV; |
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async { main Gtk2 }; |
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# ... do other things |
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DESCRIPTION |
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If you want to use glib/gtk+ in an EV program, then you need to look at |
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the EV::Glib module, not this one, as this module requires you to run a |
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Glib or Gtk+ main loop in your program. |
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If you want to use EV in an Glib/Gtk+ program, you are at the right |
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place here. |
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This module coerces the Glib event loop to use the EV high performance |
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event loop as underlying event loop, i.e. EV will be used by Glib for |
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all events. |
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This makes Glib compatible to EV. Calls into the Glib main loop are more |
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or less equivalent to calls to "EV::loop" (but not vice versa, you |
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*have* to use the Glib mainloop functions). |
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* The Glib perl module is not used. |
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This module has no dependency on the existing Glib perl interface, |
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as it uses glib directly. The Glib module can, however, be used |
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without any problems (as long as everybody uses shared libraries to |
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keep everybody else happy). |
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* The default context will be changed when the module is loaded. |
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Loading this module will automatically "patch" the default context |
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of libglib, so normally nothing more is required. |
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* Glib does not allow recursive invocations. |
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This means that none of your event watchers might call into Glib |
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functions or functions that might call glib functions (basically all |
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Gtk2 functions). It might work, but that's your problem.... |
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BUGS |
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* No documented API to patch other main contexts. |
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SEE ALSO |
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EV, Glib, Glib::MainLoop. |
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AUTHOR |
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Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
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http://home.schmorp.de/ |
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