OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux GPM ?

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yaho?.com> May 30, 2008
• 701 views

Matt Lewis wrote:
> 
> Bernie Ryan wrote:
> >    
> >    It's seems to me that you have had problems with shared objects
> >    with wxWindows but didn't ask the users to quit using it.
> 
> True, but they didn't have a problem running the interpreter.
> 
> >    Try doing frame buffer coding in Euphoria without access to a mouse.
> >    Using Euphoria I have graphics working, keyboard working, Fonts,
> >    Colored Text, and NO MOUSE.  
> 
> >    I have tried placing gpm code in a shared object but I can't get a
> >    way to interface to it with Euphoria. A compiled "C" program will
> >    run the GPM mouse. It seems the only way is to have GPM built into
> >    Euphoria is the only way I can get access to a mouse.  
> 
> I seriously doubt that.  If the interpreter could dynamically link, then
> we should be able to do that from euphoria.  I haven't really used gpm at
> all, so I'm not familiar enough to help out with a wrapper.
> 
> Matt

Not to butt in too much, but can't Bernie just define EGPM in the makefile or on
the command line or in one of the headers? It's just a switch, right?

Then Bernie can see whether it works on his system.

--
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple
system that works.
--John Gall's 15th law of Systemantics.

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
--C.A.R. Hoare

j.