On Mon, 2008-08-04 at 15:11 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:

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> X libraries provide the event loop so that isn't really as complex as it
> seems.

Uh, no, X doesn't. Gtk+ and Qt provide event loops that applications may
use, but still many choose to roll their own.

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>  Shuffling the handles around for the benefit of the odd legacy app
> isn't something I'd disagree with but DRI and X in the general case can
> determine the event loop system used by the application.

Yeah, it would be nice if we could just fix all of the existing
applications. When you get that working, let me know and I'll take you
for a ride in my flying car.

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