03-20-2011
If you are going to only have one application running why are you going to throw a complete operating system between it and the hardware? ("Operating system" would imply sophisticated intermediate level processing of hardware level routines controlling everything)
Unix implies multi-process, multi-user while the application probably needs in the order of IBM ROM Basic with some extensions.
Last edited by edfair; 03-20-2011 at 02:16 PM..
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xtremoveinput
XtAppAddInput(3Xt) MIT X11R4 XtAppAddInput(3Xt)
Name
XtAppAddInput, XtRemoveInput - register and remove an input source
Syntax
XtInputId XtAppAddInput(app_context, source, condition, proc, client_data)
XtAppContext app_context;
int source;
XtPointer condition;
XtInputCallbackProc proc;
XtPointer client_data;
void XtRemoveInput(id)
XtInputId id;
Arguments
app_context
Specifies the application context that identifies the application.
client_data
Specifies the argument that is to be passed to the specified procedure when input is available.
condition Specifies the mask that indicates a read, write, or exception condition or some operating system dependent condition.
id Specifies the ID returned from the corresponding call.
proc Specifies the procedure that is to be called when input is available.
source Specifies the source file descriptor on a UNIX-based system or other operating system dependent device specification.
Description
The function registers with the Intrinsics read routine a new source of events, which is usually file input but can also be file output.
Note that file should be loosely interpreted to mean any sink or source of data. also specifies the conditions under which the source can
generate events. When input is pending on this source, the callback procedure is called.
The legal values for the condition argument are operating-system dependent. On a UNIX-based system, the condition is some union of and The
function causes the Intrinsics read routine to stop watching for input from the input source.
See Also
XtAppAddTimeOut(3Xt)
X Window System Toolkit: The Complete Programmer's Guide and Specification, Paul J. Asente and Ralph Swick
X Window System: The Complete Reference, Second Edition, Robert W. Scheifler and James Gettys
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