Re: Switching X contexts HOWTO ??

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Tristan Van Berkom <vantr touchtunes com> writes:

> Hi there!
>
>       I'm writing an Image server that has to load images ("GdkPixmaps" etc
> ....)
> as X recources (with an XID *) into various X servers And before I go
> and write a
> "gtk_xcontext_switch(const char *display);" interface I'm wondering if
> one already exists
>
> ... but it doesn't seem like gtk was developed with that in mind.
>
> I've got a few Ideas
>
> 1. Spawn a child proccess to do gtk_init() ... add widgets and exit()
> (the exit will cleanup gtk)
> 2. Spawn a child for every X server I have to serve (what a pain in the
> ass :( )
>
> Idealy I need to "Uninit" gtk without flaging X resources as "dirty".
>
> If anyone has any Ideas or has had / having similar problems please mail
> me at:

This is simply not possible with GTK+-1.2.x or GTK+-2.0.x.

GTK+-2.2, which should be released within a few months, will
have multiple display and multiple screen support as it's
main new feature.

Regards,
                                        Owen