Ryan Lovelett wrote: > Is there a fd type of function that will watch a local array for changes and > then trigger some event when the value in the array changes? > > Basically I have a similar situation only I cannot access the hardware > directly. What is happening is that the pixel buffer is being written into a > mapped memory location (shared by the "server" application and then the GUI > application so they can communicate with one another). > > I already have a thread going that is handling the polling of the shared > memory and writing it to a local property pixbuf. The problem is that even > though the thread calls for the redraw method of the Fl_Box on every cycle of > the thread. It only redraws if the mouse is being moved which is exceedingly > odd. > > If you need to see some code to see clearer what I'm talking about please. > Let me know.
Seems like you need to use fl::wake() together with fl::lock() / fl::unlock() from your thread(s). However, I don't have experience with this - others may give you more help. Code - or at least more info about your thread handling, would surely be helpful. _______________________________________________ fltk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/fltk
