Re: [Perlplusplugin-developers] More on X-events

[Dmitry K. <dk...@pl...>]

Hi Frank!

 Frank> This code successfully preserves the Perl/Tk windows most of the
 Frank> time, but not quite all the time.  I attribute this to the fact
 Frank> that it sometimes loses the race with the X-server, but I don't
 Frank> know a way yet to prove that's what happens.
 
I looked at the script, but I can't test it right now - I'm testing
now the Plugin <-> Prima ipc, and I'm currently under win32.
As you say, it is not a reliable method to catch events - my idea is, that
using the module I'm writing now, it will be possible to get notification
directly from the plugin. That should be working in win32, but I can't say
anything about X until I test it. The solution I'm trying to make is that
the Plugin ( or Netscape) would send a reliable signal to a listening perl
program. 
   But anyway, I have to get the thick X book, because the whole thing looks very
strange - the DestroyNotify comes bottom-up, that's right - but I believed
that under any circumstances a child could access it's parent.
I have to look at the manual, or maybe if you have one, please find these
specifications also - because mine isn't full.
 
  PS. - From the other hand, if the X protocol guarantess that a parent is always
visible to a child, it is not a race then, but something else. 
( an error in the manual :)

--
Sincerely,
	Dmitry

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