Re: Developer Questions

[Gil Pinheiro <pinh1440@mach1.wlu.ca>]

> Uh... <blush>... hm. Let me put it this way: The event handling sucks. I wrote it
> waaay back and didn't invest as much care as I should have. If that stuff wasn't
> so intrusive I would have rewritten it long ago. In most cases it doesn't mean
> that something's not possible, but it can get awkward at times. An example of
> what you are asking for is ProgressWindow::Abort(). You need to call something
> like that at arbitrary intervals to check for pending events
>
>  
Funny enough, that you mention Abort(), that was the solution to one of 
the bugs I had to fix!

> That said, I'd like to have a look at the diffs to get an idea of where you
> are going. If we manage to find some common ground (and right now I don't see a
> reason why we shouldn't) we can also get you CVS access if you like.
>  
I just grabbed the cvs, I'll see if I can't merge manually, I should 
have something for you tonight, or tomorrow.