Yah - setting up threads that include JS event listeners was a big pain for Augmented Earth - I have no suggestions for simplifying that part.
That bit of complexity seems unavoidable to me. Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2017, at 9:15 AM, hh via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Sadly this is only valid if the js jobs you do are non-threaded and > do not use workers, rather than being a matter of logic. > > But the speed gain by using javascript in the browser is often only > due to multi-threading. > > We don't have always control about all parts of a js library. We can't > "split" then into non-threaded jobs. > Usually one has to work really hard with promises. The sums that BR > mentioned for doing synchronous communication are pretty much > appropriate. We should collect for the (most expensive) offer of the > core-team relating the borwser widget. > >> Jonathan Lynch wrote: >> I just wanted to explain my view on why callbacks are not as horrible >> as they seem at first, if one structures the script logically. >> >> The below code explains: >> >> On LCcontrolScript pcommand,pdata >> >> If pcommand = empty then >> Put "step1();" into tJS >> Do tJS in widget "my browser" >> >> Else if pcommand = "return from step 1" then >> -- process pdata >> Put "step2();" into tJS >> Do tJS in widget "my browser" >> >> Else if pcommand = "return from step 2" then >> --process pdata >> Put "step3();" into tJS >> Do tJS in widget "my browser >> >> Else if pcommand = "return from step 3" then >> --process pdata >> --Finish doing whatever it needs and enjoy a great JavaScript display >> End if >> >> End LCcontrolScript > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode