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| author | Michael Roitzsch <mroi@users.sourceforge.net> | 2004-06-27 11:16:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Roitzsch <mroi@users.sourceforge.net> | 2004-06-27 11:16:20 +0000 |
| commit | 29f04d913513a470bc91aff3e6c0fca699e460f8 (patch) | |
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calling XInitThreads() is definitely the frontend's job, because it has
to call Xlib functions before xine to properly fill x11_visual_t
CVS patchset: 6755
CVS date: 2004/06/27 11:16:20
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diff --git a/doc/hackersguide/library.sgml b/doc/hackersguide/library.sgml index 63e550e3d..907346bc2 100644 --- a/doc/hackersguide/library.sgml +++ b/doc/hackersguide/library.sgml @@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ will find a very easy and hopefully self-explaining xine frontend to give you a start. </para> + <para> + One important thing to note is that any X11 based xine-lib frontend + must call <function>XInitThreads()</function> before calling the + first Xlib function, because xine will access the display from + within a different thread than the frontend. + </para> <sect2> <title>Source code of a simple X11 frontend</title> <programlisting> |