[GRASS5] Driver Update

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 11:58:46AM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> > > if you allow, an offlist query: Is it possible to implement an auto-redraw
> > > into the monitor if the user resizes it? Somehow like d.zoom does the
> > > redraw? The would be *really* great if it wouldn't destabilize the driver.
> > 
> > AFAICT, d.zoom uses the list constructed by D_add_to_list() to perform
> > the redraw. I haven't looked into how this mechanism works enough to
> > be able to determine how involved this would be.
> 
> OK; I've just committed some changes which will implement this.
> 
> Resize events are no longer processed while a client is connected;
> instead, a flag is set, and the resize is handled once the driver is
> idle.
> 
> This needs testing thoroughly; XDRIVER will now spawn whatever
> commands are added to the list via D_add_to_list(). If any of these
> commands don't like being run in this environment, problems may occur;
> in which case, the commands will need to be fixed, or at least have
> the D_add_to_list() call removed.

Glynn,

that's great!! I have just tested, it seems to run well.
This has been a long awaited feature of XDRIVER...

Thanks a lot,

 Markus

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