On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 11:20 AM Alan W. Irwin <alan.w.irwin1...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 2018-12-29 09:17-0000 António Rodrigues Tomé wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 2:28 AM Alan W. Irwin <
> alan.w.irwin1...@gmail.com>
>
> > I'm puzzled my changes do not in any way affect the extqt case. the
> ext-qt
> > also  should never  call
> > closeQtapp() but in fact it  calls it but it is a flaw in code that does
> > do not arm because as you said appCounter becomes -1 and nothing is done
> > besides the mutex instruction that i'm still uneasy with them, otherwise
> it
> > would kill the program.
>
> Actually, this is the source of my unease with this code as well.
> Therefore, I plan to drop that closeQtapp call from
> plD_tidy_extqt not only to make the code cleaner but also because the
> current code would fail if some external qt application tried to use
> the combination of extqt with, say, pngqt (e.g., to make a permanent
> PNG file corresponding to what was displayed on the screen using
> extqt).
>

just put the mutex instruction   in plD_tidy_extqt;

The original author never considered the need of any of the others qt
drivers from a qt application what for me is amazing...

cheers






> So unless you have some second thoughts about removal of the
> closeQtapp call, I plan to push that change later today after
> your current appCounter fix is pushed.
>
> Alan
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António Rodrigues Tomé
Universidade da Beira Interior
Instituto D. Luís (lab associado)
email address:
art...@gmail.com
art...@ubi.pt
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-5681-2013
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