Re: gEDA-dev: DBUS binding to PCB actions

[Dan McMahill <dan-at-NOSPAMmcmahill_dot_net>]

DJ Delorie wrote:
>>If PCB can support LessTif, GTK, and postscript, why can't it support
>>both DBus and XML-PRC?  
> 
> 
> The fundamental problem is that both DBUS and the GUI are
> asynchronous.  Thus, when the GUI is waiting for a user event, it
> needs to also watch for data on the DBUS connection, and tell DBUS
> when it happens.
> 
> The easy-to-use DBUS wrapper supports Gtk, but not Lesstif.

I guess it would be good if a motivated individual could see (and maybe 
Peter can already answer this) what it might take to just hook dbus into 
the lesstif HID via XtAppAddInput().

-Dan


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