Re: a window for a tool

[Adam Fedor]

Chris B.Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2002 20:45:39 +0200 (CEST)
> Pascal Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com> wrote:
> [...]
>
> > What's a tool?  What's an application?
> [...]
>
> > So either you use application.make,  or you'll have to add gnustep-gui
> > to the libraries to be linked with your "tool".
>
> Obviously, you cannot use NSPanel(s) in a tool that's designed for
> a pure text console, eg a daemon like, say, gdomap.
>
> However, it's an interesting issue, eg. for Interface, as Interface is compiled
> as a tool -- but being able to use NSPanel(s) in Interface WOULD make sense,
> eg for notifications if sth goes wrong (error handler), questions (wanna quit?)
> or a mere copyright notice...
>
> So the question "(how) is it possible to use NSPanel in a Tool?" IS valid, IMHO.

Well you ought to be able to just get the sharedApplication object 
(which makes the 'connection' to the window server), then start up your 
own runloop which will receive and process events (see NSApplication for 
examples). This should not start up anything else unless it's absolutely 
needed - although I woundn't expect to be able to do any more than throw 
up an alert panel or something similer.

I haven't actually tried this, but if it doesn't work that way, one 
could reasonably consider it a bug (patches *happily* accepted).



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