[SDL] SDL Clipboard API: Recommendations based on research

[Bob Pendleton]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Nathaniel J Fries <nfries88 at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> Dangerous is maybe too strong a word here. I just don't want to have to
> worry about the effect of a wait function on my 3D animation. I also want to
> make the API simpler than the ones that X11 and the others provide. Frankly,
> I always disliked (OK, hated) the D&D and C&P API in X11.
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> So do I. It just doesn't seem logical to me.
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> Bob wrote:
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> About having the clipboard data in the events... the drag'n'drop events are
> initiated by the user, the paste event is initiated by the programmer. It
> isn't as if these events pop up as soon as there is data on the clipboard or
> something is being dragged. I think it makes more sense to send the data
> right to the programmer in these cases, since at least 90% of the time they
> want it anyway.
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> I'm missing something here. I don't believe I suggested putting the data
> directly in the event. I  believe I mentioned putting a transaction ID in an
> event so that a single event and a simple API could be built that handled
> data coming in by either D&D or C&P. That doesn't mean I want to put the
> data in the event. That could be a really big event.
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> Bob Pendleton
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> You did. And then I stated why I think differently.
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OK, I've lost your point of view. It is just not in my head and deleted the
first part of the discussion. Could you tell me your point of view again?

Sorry about that,

Bob Pendleton


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