Hello, You can replace QFileSystemWatcher with inotify ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inotify ) if on Linux or directory notifications ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365261(VS.85).aspx ) if on Windows.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Ginsburg, Daniel <daniel.ginsb...@childrens.harvard.edu> wrote: > Hi Koen, > > Thanks for the detailed explanation. I suppose I could rewrite my code to do > things this way. It wouldn't be so bad for a couple of the dialog boxes, but > I also was relying quite heavily on WMessageBox::show() so replacing all of > those calls with non-blocking dialogs is going to be pretty painful. I am > tempted to just ditch Qt until this issue is fixed. I mainly was using it > for QFileSystemWatcher, but it's beginning to not be worth all the trouble. > > -- Dan > > > On Feb 8, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Koen Deforche wrote: > >> Hey Daniel, >> >> 2010/2/8 Ginsburg, Daniel <daniel.ginsb...@childrens.harvard.edu>: >>> Do you mean to make the dialog non-modal? Or is there some other way to >>> execute a modal dialog other than using exec()? I would not be able to >>> make the dialog non-modal, that would not work for my application. If >>> there is some other way to execute a modal dialog, could you tell me how to >>> do it? >> >> Yes, you can execute a modal dialog without using exec(). >> >>> From http://www.webtoolkit.eu/wt/doc/reference/html/classWt_1_1WDialog.html: >> >> WDialog can be used as any other widget. In this case, the WDialog is >> simply instantiated as another widget. The dialog may be closed by >> calling accept(), reject() or done() (or connecting a signal to one of >> these methods). This will hide the dialog and emit the finished() >> signal, which you then can listen for to process the dialog result and >> delete the dialog. Unlike other widgets, a dialog does not need to be >> added to a parent widget, but is hidden by default. You must use the >> method show() or setHidden(true) to show the dialog. >> >> So, instead of exec(), use show(), and listen to the finished() signal >> instead of inspecting the result of exec(). This does mean that you >> cannot build your dialog on the stack, and for a complex dialog you >> will want to specialize WDialog to keep track of form fields. See for >> example FileEditDialog in TreeViewDragDrop.C (treeview-dragdrop >> example). >> >> In the mean-time we have been brainstorming about solutions to the >> original problem. One solution would be to not spawn a dedicated >> thread for each session, but instead make it so that a session is >> always handled by the same thread (by using a hash function on the >> session ID which hashes it on a thread from a thread pool). However, >> we currently do not see how this can be done in conjunction with our >> current asio design for wthttpd. >> >> Regards, >> koen >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation >> Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business >> Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts >> Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com >> _______________________________________________ >> witty-interest mailing list >> witty-interest@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/witty-interest > > Daniel Ginsburg / email: daniel.ginsb...@childrens.harvard.edu > Principal Software Architect > Fetal-Neonatal Neuroimaging and Development Science Center > Children's Hospital Boston > 300 Longwood Avenue > Boston, MA 02115 > Phone: 857-218-5140 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > witty-interest mailing list > witty-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/witty-interest > -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ witty-interest mailing list witty-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/witty-interest
