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On 2006-08-17, Chris Robinson <chris.kcat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thursday 17 August 2006 05:31, Elias Pschernig wrote:
> > This means, the
> > system driver should call XOpenDisplay, and all the display drivers
> > should re-use the connection.
>
> This doesn't sound proper. IMO, an AL_DISPLAY should invoke it's own
> connection to the server (after all, if we're mapping AL_DISPLAY to an X11
> Display object (and the equivilant for other systems), you can't have
> multiple AL_DISPLAYs sharing the same connection.
Why not? That's the usual way of using X.
> Each window needs its own
> Display handle,
Why? Each window needs its own _Window_ handle. A "Display" in X11
terminology consist of a monitor (or more), keyboard and mouse.
> AFAIK, in X, the WM doesn't handle the joystick like it does the keyboard or
> mouse. You have to open the device yourself and watch for events.
X actually can handle joysticks via its XInput interface, but nobody
uses it.
Peter