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authorPietro Gagliardi <[email protected]>2015-12-11 21:03:38 -0500
committerPietro Gagliardi <[email protected]>2015-12-11 21:03:38 -0500
commiteef149060f7306c7eccc8855dceee68ccd45026e (patch)
tree08d9f7306813142028e8af65c5f4cfce2424d04e /main.go
parentf8e3f12ab02b528f2a05a4f713d7af7ea8e44b42 (diff)
Started the work I guess.
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+// 11 december 2015
+
+package ui
+
+import (
+ "errors"
+)
+
+// #include "interop.h"
+import "C"
+
+// Main initializes package ui, runs f to set up the program,
+// and executes the GUI main loop. f should set up the program's
+// initial state: open the main window, create controls, and set up
+// events. It should then return, at which point Main will
+// process events until Quit is called, at which point Main will return
+// nil. If package ui fails to initialize, Main returns an appropriate
+// error.
+func Main(f func()) error {
+ errchan := make(chan error)
+ go start(errchan, f)
+ return <-errchan
+}
+
+func start(errchan chan error, f func()) {
+ estr := C.interopInit()
+ if estr != "" {
+ errchan <- errors.New(C.GoString(estr))
+ C.interopFreeStr(estr)
+ return
+ }
+ QueueMain(f)
+ C.interopRun()
+ errchan <- nil
+}
+
+// Quit queues an exit from the GUI thread. It does not exit the
+// program. Quit must be called from the GUI thread.
+func Quit() {
+ C.interopQuit()
+}
+
+// QueueMain queues f to be executed on the GUI thread when
+// next possible. It returns immediately; that is, it does not wait
+// for the function to actually be executed. QueueMain is the only
+// function that can be called from other goroutines, and its
+// primary purpose is to allow communication between other
+// goroutines and the GUI thread. Calling QueueMain after Quit
+// has been called results in undefined behavior.
+func QueueMain(f func()) {
+ n := interoperAdd(f)
+ C.interopQueueMain(n)
+}
+
+//export interopDoQueued
+func interopDoQueued(n C.uintptr_t) {
+ ff := interoperTake(n)
+ f := ff.(func())
+ f()
+}