Re: [cssed-devel] New test feature

[Jeremy G. <j....@lo...>]

On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 08:22, Iago Rubio wrote:
> 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.
> 
Sounds cool, will give it a try.

> 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. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> 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 ;)

-Jeremy