On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Lech Lorens <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 04-Aug-2009 RonnyPfannschmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > hi, > > > > just wondering what would be lost if vim's own mainloop was replaced > > by or at least properly integrated with the glib mainloop > > > > as it would help to integrate things like gio (direct ssh/http file > > access) and dbus > > > > also the current way to deal with gtk and its mainloop seems like a > > big hack that works around vim's mainloop being there first > > > > Regards Ronny > > If you expect anyone to answer your question, I believe you should > elaborate a little bit on the subject. We are either too lazy (e.g. me) > or too busy to be able to dig into every hint of a subject that is > brought up on the list. > Would you mind explaining the possibilities, benefits, costs, risks of > using Glib? the cost is certainly loss of some of the stoneage supported platforms that virtually nobody uses today
the benefits and possibilities are * integration of dbus as control protocol * better integration of gtk * using gio to access files on ssh/smb/nfs/http/whatever else gio supports * use of a event/mainloop system that is widely used and understand Regards, Ronny --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
