Re: Reading D-Bus messages

[Jan Djärv]

2010-09-24 08:30, Michael Albinus skrev:
> Eli Zaretskii<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > I'd rather turn the table and ask why is the call to
> > xd_read_queued_messages made in gobble_input and not elsewhere?  Why
> > are we mixing input from D-Bus with keyboard input?  And why in
> > gobble_input?
>
> D-Bus messages arrive asynchronously. xd_read_queued_messages() converts
> them into special events, which are stored via kbd_buffer_store_event().
>
> gobble_input() is used, because it is called at several places, for
> instance in sit_for(), kbd_buffer_get_event(), get_input_pending(),
> ns_select() - D-Bus messages shall be handled as soon as they arrive.

This is overkill.  Not even X messages are processed this fast.
Checking for D-bus messages when the input loop is entered should be enough.

        Jan D.