On Sunday, April 13, 2008 at 23:30:00 (-0500) Maurice LeBrun writes:
> Here's the proposed code to be added to plplot.h:
>
> > +/*
> > + * Structure for passing external drawables to xcairo devices via
> > + * the PLESC_DEVINIT escape function.
> > + */
> > +#if defined(PLD_xcairo)
> > +#include <X11/X.h>
> > +#include <X11/Xlib.h>
> > +typedef struct {
> > + Display *display;
> > + Drawable drawable;
> > +} PLXcairoDrawableInfo;
> > +#endif
>
> We've managed to keep X11 and other driver-specific headers out of plplot.h
> for a long time, and I hesitate to start now. Although a particular
> plplot distribution may have PLD_xcairo defined, that doesn't mean the user
> has any need for it. In which case you are sucking in a lot of unnecessary
> stuff to all user code that includes plplot.h.
>
> So I'd prefer an alternate solution, something along the lines of one of:
>
> 1. Given that this kind of capability may be useful and/or desired for more
> than one driver, generalize the concept. The pointer could be a (void *),
> easy enough. The Drawable on my system resolves to:
>
> X.h:typedef XID Drawable;
> Xdefs.h:typedef unsigned long XID;
>
> so an unsigned long would do the trick. Then cast accordingly in the
> driver.
>
> This approach has been generally followed in the past with colors, input
> events, event handlers, etc. But it can be tricky.
>
> 2. Give up on the idea of genericity for everything and go with a separate
> X-windows specific plplot include file, e.g. plplotX.h. This is tempting
> since you could add as many convenient definitions as you wished. I've
> almost done this on several occasions. But resisted the temptation since
> I thought the generic solution was a better way to go, when practical.
Just thought of:
3. Leave it inside the plplot.h header, but only activated if PLD_xcairo AND
some user-defined macro were defined. Something like PL_activate_X_headers,
or whatever. That way it's always off by default.
--
Maurice LeBrun
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