Re: Porting guile-xlib

[Gabriel Schnoering]

Hi,

> I'm interested in using guile-xlib to mess around with writing a window
> manager.
Nice idea ! I really find its a missing feature.

Why don't you target xcb rather than xlib ?
It seems more modern (and more suited for guile ?).

Regards.

Le 27/01/2013 14:31, Mark Witmer a écrit :>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm interested in using guile-xlib to mess around with writing a window
> manager. However, it looks like my first task would be porting it to
> Guile 2.0, since it's quite old (assuming some newer version isn't
> floating around in the ether somewhere -- I'm looking at guile-xlib
> 0.4).
>
> I haven't done anything like this before, so I'm seeking any wisdom
> anyone out there might have on the subject. A couple specific questions
> for now:
>
> 1. Is there a good reference source for the old deprecated methods? I
> looked up a few (eg. "scm_wta" and "scm_i_makinum") in the old manuals
> going back to 1.4 but didn't have any luck finding them. I can read the
> source, but some documentation would help!
>
> 2. Since scm_smob_free is deprecated, does that mean I can just replace
> a line like "return scm_smob_free(child_smob)" with "return 0;" and rest
> easy knowing the gc will take care of the details?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark Witmer
>