Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!apple!ksand
From: ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: After Dark 2.0 misses some events - fix required
Message-ID: <48032@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Jan 91 22:00:35 GMT
References: <18799.278d2bd7@windy.dsir.govt.nz>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <18799.278d2bd7@windy.dsir.govt.nz> sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz writes:

>The actual problem is that AD misses A/UX events such as keystrokes. So I can
>be typing away and the screensaver starts up on me. I'm looking for a quick
>hack to fix it because I like AD.

If AD relies on PostEvent AND/OR peeking/pokeing in the event queue, it will
break under A/UX (see TN #229, page 2). The way to resolve this is to use
a special AUXDispatch call under A/UX for looking into the event queue (under
A/UX the event queue is over on the kernel memory space side...).

So the ultimate way to fix this is to write some code under A/UX, disasm it
and move it over to the Mac world as special glue code for A/UX. 

Regards,
Kent Sandvik



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