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macos: Update event source doc
Update the documentation with the interaction pattern we need to support DnD.
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/*
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* This file implementations integration between the GLib main loop and
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* the native system of the Core Foundation run loop and Cocoa event
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* handling. There are basically two different cases that we need to
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* handle: either the GLib main loop is in control (the application
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* has called gtk_main(), or is otherwise iterating the main loop), or
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* CFRunLoop is in control (we are in a modal operation such as window
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* resizing or drag-and-drop.)
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* handling. There are basically three different cases that we need to
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* handle:
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*
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* - the GLib main loop is in control. The application has called
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* gtk_main(), or is otherwise iterating the main loop.
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* - CFRunLoop is in control. We are in a modal operation such as window
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* resizing.
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* - CFRunLoop is running a nested loop. This happens when a drag-and-drop
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* operation has been initiated.
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*
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* When the GLib main loop is in control we integrate in native event
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* handling in two ways: first we add a GSource that handles checking
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* stages of the GLib main loop (prepare, check, dispatch), and make the
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* appropriate calls into GLib.
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*
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* Both cases share a single problem: the OS X API’s don’t allow us to
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* When initiating a drag operation, a nested CFRunLoop is executed.
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* The nested run loop is started when fetching a native event in our GLib
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* main loop. The application does not receive any events until the nested loop
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* is finished. We work around this by forwarding the
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* events that trigger the callbacks of the NSDraggingSource protocol.
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* The "run loop observer" is executing the GLib main loop stages as long as we're
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* in the nested run loop, as if CFRunLoop were in control.
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* See also GdkMacosWindow.
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*
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* All cases share a single problem: the macOS API’s don’t allow us to
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* wait simultaneously for file descriptors and for events. So when we
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* need to do a blocking wait that includes file descriptor activity, we
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* push the actual work of calling select() to a helper thread (the
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* "select thread") and wait for native events in the main thread.
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*
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* The main known limitation of this code is that if a callback is triggered
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* via the OS X run loop while we are "polling" (in either case described
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* via the macOS run loop while we are "polling" (in either case described
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* above), iteration of the GLib main loop is not possible from within
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* that callback. If the programmer tries to do so explicitly, then they
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* will get a warning from GLib "main loop already active in another thread".
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