C API tutorial

[C.L. Hammond]

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> On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 20:37 +0000, Matthew Johnson wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, J5 wrote:
>>
>> > This is all really cool though I would rather a tutorial which
>> utilized
>> > filter functions and read_write_dispatch.  The nice thing about doing
>> it
>> > that way is it is mostly interchangeable when using a real mainloop so
>> > the mainloop becomes an implementation detail in the tutorial and not
>> a
>> > confusing "how should I structure my code?" detail.  We can put
>> sidebars
>> > for tips on how to get messages without needing a filter function
>> along
>> > with the pitfalls in doing so.
>>
>> yeah, I agree it would be nice, looking over the C API it really wasn't
>> obvious how to use it. For a lot of small apps which only want to expose
>> one or two things, this is fine though. (This is the tutorial I wrote
>> because this is what I am doing).
>>
>> Matt
>
> Oh, ya it is all good work.  What I was saying is we need something like
> this as part of the official tutorial and in that capacity I would like
> to present the use of filter functions as the "official" way of handling
> messages.  It makes it easy to jump to explaining the mainloop
> integration.  Is it ok if I take your tutorial and integrate it into the
> tutorial that ships with the code?
>
> --
> John (J5) Palmieri <johnp at redhat.com>
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