Re: lynx-dev Lynx idle-loop

[Gisle Vanem]

"Doug Kaufman" <address@hidden> said:
> I just looked at a 2.8.5dev.8 that I compiled with slang with DJGPP.
> I don't have FANCY_CURSES defined, nor USE_MOUSE. I thought that
> USE_MOUSE was in lynx.cfg rather than a CFLAG, and last time I checked
> slang didn't support mouse under DOS. Has this changed?

SLang has supported mouse under DOS since a few versions back. I
commited a patch to John E. Davis.

> It looks like
> your "while" condition is the same as is used in "kbhit", so it ought
> to apply when there is no keypress.

But it doesn't. Lynx is *not* blocking in getxkey(), but someplace else.
I'm trying to find where, but the code is so hard to follow. I tried inserting
a "tcp_tick(NULL)" at the start of the while-loop in mainloop(), but that
didn't help. I need to find the point where Lynx is blocking waiting for
keypresses. It used to be getxkey(), but now it seems it's no longer called.
I'll check it out.
 
> I don't understand how you got FANCY_CURSES defined when using slang?
> Which options did you use when you ran "configure"?

I didn't ran configure. I used my own makefile.

> How do I tell if tcp_tick is being called?

One way is to run with "-wdebug" and look at the wattcp.sk file
for activity when Lynx is idle.

Gisle V.


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