[cssed-devel] New test feature

[Iago R. <iag...@hi...>]

Hi all,

I'm testing a new feature in cssed.

In non technicall words, this feature will let cssed to be opened one
time, and from this point all other atempts to open a file with it, will
redirect the action to the running instance.

This way - as example - if you associate the css file type with cssed,
and you've got one instance of cssed running, the next time you open a
css file from your filebrowser, it will be opened in the cssed instance
you are working.

Bluefish users know this behaviour.

This feature is filebrowser independent and also works if you use the
console.

I've got an initial test done, but I'm not sure if I will put it to work
in a release.=20

There're lots of things to do with it, but I'd like to know if it's
interesting. If it's not, I will not work further on it ;)

You've got an snapshot with this feature enabled here
http://cssed.sourceforge.net/cssed-0.2.0-ipc-11_3_2004.tar.gz

It have not been tested so far, and It have some improvments to be done
( as signal handling ), in the case of left it as an option.

I'm not sure to add it in the release, because there must be a thread
running waiting for actions from other cssed instances.=20

I'm afraid of resurce consumption in very low-end systems ( it's tested
in a Pentium 100 with 32 Mb/RAM and it works quite well, but if we
continue to add this kind of features, cssed will not work in this type
of systems ;)

Any opinions or ideas ?

If any of you want a technicall description of this feature, just ask
for it ;) but it's based on ipc System-V message queues, so must work in
any *nix system. Just read main.c ( this is test code that will be moved
to a separate file if we decide to use it ).

* How to test it ?

Compile the snapshot cd into the /src folder and type:

./cssed utils.c& ( as example )
./cssed utils.c&
./cssed utils.c&

All files must be opened in the first cssed's instance.

Some debug output will be printed.

You can also use the following command, in a separate console, to see
what's going on in the background.

$ watch ipcs -q


Feedback please ;)
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