Re: libseed-list watching stdin

[Jonatan Liljedahl <lijon kymatica com>]

Alan Knowles wrote:
> Finally got time to look at this.
>
> This is an example using the old API - the one you are using. 
> http://git.akbkhome.com/?p=gitlive;a=blob;f=Spawn.js

Yes, that's approximately how I did it. Nice class by the way, seems to 
be a better alternative than the multiprocessing module?

> The new API has changed (most of the methods have moved into
> GLib.IOChannel http://devel.akbkhome.com/seed/GLib.IOChannel.html

Ok, I see. Will the old API still be there?

I don't see any method to create an IOChannel from an existing fd 
though, something like 'new GLib.IOChannel.fd(n)' ?

> For some of this to work, we need support for byte arrays using the
> new introspection array syntax. - those methods also need correct
> introspection hints.

What's that?

/Jonatan

> Regards Alan
>
> --- On 24/Jun/2010, Jonatan Liljedahl wrote:
> > This worked:
> >
> > GLib.io_add_watch(stdin, 0, GLib.IOCondition.IN, watch_func);
> >
> > And I had to use GString as buffer when reading:
> >
> > var linebuf = new GLib.String; var codebuf = ""; var watch =
> > function(source, condition, data) { 
> > GLib.io_channel_read_line_string(source, linebuf); codebuf +=
> > linebuf.str; .... return true; }
> >
> > It would be nice if also the other read-functions worked, those who
> > take a gchar pointer. How does Seed handle pointer-arguments?
> >
> > Also, why does some stuff work in OOP style and some not? I created
> > the GString with "new GLib.String", but it doesn't seem to have any
> > methods. The IOChannel is created with GLib.io_channel_unix_new(),
> > since "new GLib.IOChannel" can't pass any filedescriptor. And the
> > returned IOChannel doesn't have any methods either. Is this because
> > both are only GLib and not GObject?
> >
> > /Jonatan
> >
> > Jonatan Liljedahl wrote:
> > > What's the simplest way to have a watcher on stdin?
> > >
> > > I tried something like 
> > > GLib.io_channel_add_watch(GLib.io_channel_unix_new(1),1,my_func)
> > > but get "ConversionError Can not convert Javascript value to
> > > long".
> > >
> > > /Jonatan
> > >
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