andlabs-ui/uitask_unix.go

// +build !windows,!darwin,!plan9

// 16 february 2014

package ui

import (
	"fmt"
	"unsafe"
)

// #cgo pkg-config: gtk+-3.0
// #include "gtk_unix.h"
// /* this is called when we're done */
// static inline gboolean our_quit_callback(gpointer data)
// {
// 	gtk_main_quit();
// 	return FALSE;		/* remove from idle handler queue (not like it matters) */
// }
// /* I would call gdk_threads_add_idle() directly from ui() but cgo whines, so; trying to access our_quit_callback() in any way other than a call would cause _cgo_main.c to complain too */
// static inline void signalQuit(void)
// {
// 	gdk_threads_add_idle(our_quit_callback, NULL);
// }
// extern gboolean our_post_callback(gpointer);
import "C"

func uiinit() error {
	err := gtk_init()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("gtk_init() failed: %v", err)
	}

	return nil
}

func ui() {
	go func() {
		<-Stop
		C.signalQuit()
		// TODO wait for it to return?
	}()

	C.gtk_main()
}

// we DO need to worry about keeping data alive here
// so we do the posting in a new goroutine that waits instead

type uipostmsg struct {
	w		*Window
	data		interface{}
	done		chan struct{}
}

//export our_post_callback
func our_post_callback(xmsg C.gpointer) C.gboolean {
	msg := (*uipostmsg)(unsafe.Pointer(xmsg))
	msg.w.sysData.post(msg.data)
	msg.done <- struct{}{}
	return C.FALSE		// remove from idle handler queue
}

func uipost(w *Window, data interface{}) {
	go func() {
		msg := &uipostmsg{
			w:		w,
			data:		data,
			done:	make(chan struct{}),
		}
		C.gdk_threads_add_idle(C.GSourceFunc(C.our_post_callback),
			C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(msg)))
		<-msg.done
		close(msg.done)
	}()
}