[openbeos] Re: Application launching and activation...
- From: "Ryan Leavengood" <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:15:21 -0800 (PST)
Stephan Assmus wrote:
>
> In case it is really not working like on BeOS, then it is a bug. The
> registrar was developed much earlier before the app_server matured,
> so we
> might have well overlooked something.
I figured it was a bug, but you never know, so I asked.
> I would guess that B_SOME_APP_ACTIVATED is for other apps, while
> B_APP_ACTIVATED is for your own app. Only the latter is supposed to
> trigger
> the AppActivated hook to be called. Are you sure that any app is
> supposed
> to received B_SOME_APP_ACTIVATED? Or does it specifically need to ask
> the
> roster it wants to receive this notification?
I'm not exactly sure what Be Inc. *meant* to do, but right now
B_SOME_APP_ACTIVATED is sent where B_APP_ACTIVATED should be, i.e. when
the application in question receives or loses the focus. To follow the
documentation, we should do the same but actually use B_APP_ACTIVATED.
B_SOME_APP_ACTIVATED is supposed to be used for the app watching stuff.
Looking at our Registrar code, it is correct, but we need to add the
link between the app_server and registrar for the activation. Right now
it seems only the app_server is involved, so the activation code in the
Registrar goes unused. In fact we need a two-way link so that I can fix
the above Launch bug (activate the app window on launch if it is
already running.)
> Ok, what about the shutdown sequence thing? Should someone else fix
> the
> input_server shutting down, or did you mean to do that yet? I don't
> mean to
> be pushy or anything, just asking... :-)
Don't worry I'll fix that too. For now the previous code I submitted
won't hurt anything. I just keep finding and investigating bugs and if
they seem simple I prefer to make a quick fix. I thought this
activation thing would be easy, but it is trickier than I thought,
especially with the buggy BeOS behavior too. It is hard to figure out
what is "right" when the OS we are recreating does it wrong, partially
at least ;)
Regards,
Ryan
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