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Fixed documentation errors (typos and formatting) in chapter

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chapter "Advanced FLTK" (Multithreading) and added a short
explanation to sending and retrieving messages.


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Albrecht Schlosser
2010-12-16 10:28:27 +00:00
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ that will help you to get the most out of FLTK.
\section advanced_multithreading Multithreading \section advanced_multithreading Multithreading
FLTK supports multithreaded application using a locking mechanism FLTK supports multithreaded applications using a locking mechanism
based on "pthreads". We do not provide a threading interface as part of based on "pthreads". We do not provide a threading interface as part of
the library. However a simple example how threads can be implemented the library. However a simple example how threads can be implemented
for all supported platforms can be found in \p test/threads.h for all supported platforms can be found in \p test/threads.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ locked:
int main() { int main() {
Fl::lock(); Fl::lock();
/* run thread */ /* run thread */
while (Fl::wait() > 0) { while (Fl::wait() > 0) {
if (Fl::thread_message()) { if (Fl::thread_message()) {
/* process your data */ /* process your data */
} }
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ using Fl::awake(void* message):
Fl::awake(msg); // send "msg" to main thread Fl::awake(msg); // send "msg" to main thread
\endcode \endcode
A message can be anything you like. The main thread can retrieve
the message by calling Fl::thread_message(). See example above.
You can also tell the main thread to call a function for you You can also tell the main thread to call a function for you
as soon as possible by using as soon as possible by using
Fl::awake(Fl_Awake_Handler cb, void* userdata): Fl::awake(Fl_Awake_Handler cb, void* userdata):
@@ -72,9 +75,9 @@ Fl::awake(Fl_Awake_Handler cb, void* userdata):
FLTK supports multiple platforms, some of which allow only the FLTK supports multiple platforms, some of which allow only the
the main thread to handle system events and main thread to handle system events and open or close windows.
open or close windows. The safe thing to do is to adhere to the The safe thing to do is to adhere to the following rules for
following rules for threads on all operating systems: threads on all operating systems:
\li Don't \p show() or \p hide() anything that contains \li Don't \p show() or \p hide() anything that contains