Re: [AD] allegro_message under X

[Julien Cugnière <jcugniere@xxxxxxxxxx>]

(Yet) another version of my patch for xmessage. The only difference is that 
the message to display is now converted to U_ASCII instead of U_ASCII_CP.

-- 
Julien Cugnière

--- src/x/xsystem.c.old	2004-10-23 17:42:29.000000000 +0200
+++ src/x/xsystem.c	2004-10-26 16:46:59.068148248 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@
 static void _xwin_sysdrv_exit(void);
 static void _xwin_sysdrv_set_window_title(AL_CONST char *name);
 static int _xwin_sysdrv_set_close_button_callback(void (*proc)(void));
+static void _xwin_sysdrv_message(AL_CONST char *msg);
 static int _xwin_sysdrv_display_switch_mode(int mode);
 static int _xwin_sysdrv_desktop_color_depth(void);
 static int _xwin_sysdrv_get_desktop_resolution(int *width, int *height);
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@
    _unix_find_resource,
    _xwin_sysdrv_set_window_title,
    _xwin_sysdrv_set_close_button_callback,
-   NULL, /* message */
+   _xwin_sysdrv_message,
    NULL, /* assert */
    NULL, /* save_console_state */
    NULL, /* restore_console_state */
@@ -274,6 +277,39 @@
 
 
 
+/* _xwin_sysdrv_message:
+ *  Displays a message. Uses xmessage if possible, and stdout if not.
+ */
+static void _xwin_sysdrv_message(AL_CONST char *msg)
+{
+   int ret, status;
+   char *buf  = malloc(ALLEGRO_MESSAGE_SIZE);
+   char *msg2 = uconvert(msg, U_CURRENT, buf, U_ASCII, ALLEGRO_MESSAGE_SIZE);
+
+   pid_t pid = fork();
+   switch (pid) {
+      case -1: /* fork error */
+	 fputs(msg2, stdout);
+	 break;
+
+      case 0: /* child process */
+	 execlp("xmessage", "xmessage", "-buttons", "OK", "-default", "OK", "-center", msg2, NULL);
+	 /* if execution reaches here, it means execlp failed */
+	 _exit(-1);
+	 break;
+
+      default: /* parent process */
+	 ret = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+	 if (ret != pid || !WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 101)
+	    fputs(msg2, stdout);
+	 break;
+   }
+
+   free(buf);
+}
+
+
+
 /* _xwin_sysdrv_gfx_drivers:
  *  Get the list of graphics drivers.
  */