[Vm-dev] How to Send a Message to the Squeak Image

[Rob Rothwell]

Thank you both...I bet I can actually figure out the EventSensor way; doing
it by using the approved method is a little beyond me at this time.  I've
never even used primitives yet--let alone written any in the VM!
Thanks for your time,

Rob

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 9:31 PM, John M McIntosh <
johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com> wrote:

> I'll note this way is the approved method of doing it since it doesn't
> require changing EventSensor.
> Requires a bit more code and complexity
>
> On Mar 1, 2008, at 6:25 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
> > Well, you can do in similar way how VM does for transferring user
> > input to Smalltalk side.
> >
> > In VM:
> > - add some variable(s) to hold your event parameters
> > - on some event, handled by windowProc(), set these parameters, and
> > signal semaphore.
> > - add primitive which when called, transforms event parameters to
> > objects.
> > - add primitive to register given semaphore , which will be signaled
> > when event occurs
> >
> > In smalltalk:
> > - call primitive to register semaphore
> > - create process, waiting on given semapore, once it signaled, call
> > primitive to read event details.
>
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