[haiku-appserver] Re: getting a clone of the current Accelerant

  • From: Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-appserver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:59:09 +0100

Hi Gabe,

> The harness makes it very easy to "freeze" your app_server.  The issue deals
> with acquiring the engine and not releasing it (I forget the exact
> terminology since it has been so long since I've looked at the stuff).  The
> harness has a command that acquires the engine. Whenever the app has the
> engine, the app_server cannot draw since it can't acquire the engine for
> itself.  Apparently this somehow also interferes with the app_server
> processing input, so trying to tell the harness to release the engine 
> doesn't
> work.  Anyway, if you put together some code that acquires the engine, uses
> it, and then releases it without requiring user input in the middle, you
> should be able to use that sort of code just fine without freezing the
> app_server.

Ah! Thanks for the helpful hints. Now I know in which direction to look.

Best regards,
-Stephan


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