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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +I had a mental breakdown watching everything fall apart miserably and so I decided to just start over, this time designing around the underlying APIs, not around what I actually want the API to look like. + +WINDOWS +GUI work can be done on multiple threads; just run a message loop on each thread (and set COM threading to STA) +each thread owns whatever window handles were created on that thread +will need a master thread to coordinate everything +dialogs are code-modal; no result until dialog closed and blocks owner hwnd + open-close order important; threads circumvent this +owner hwnd required to keep on top; can't keep on top unconditionally +changing parents is possible; initially unowned might not be? TODO +creating windows and controls before main loop begins possible + +GTK+ +GUI work must be done on the main thread; what thread this is isn't particularly clear but I'm assuming it's the one that calls gtk_init() +IIRC windows/controls can only be made on the main thread as well +dialogs can either be code modal or not + dialogs are modal to all windows in the same window group; only the transient window is actually DISABLED, however + not sure if open/close order can be affected since gtk_dialog_run() does that transient window thing +can't keep dialog window always on top (X11-based limitation); only above the transient window (if any) +changing parents is possible but IIRC is done in a control-dependent manner? also requires incrementing the refcount +creating windows and controls before main loop begins possible + +COCOA +only one thread, must be thread main() is called on +cannot create new windows/controls on any other thread +everything is coordinated with the NSApp delegate +two types of dialogs: + - code-modal; stops ALL interaction with program + - non-code-modal; affects current window only but need to sit and wait for a callback to come in before you know it's done +not sure if changing parents is possible TODO +not sure if creating windows/controls before [NSApp run] is supported |