gEDA-dev: PCB: external HID?

[DJ Delorie]

> What about addig a plugins which means the gui creates a new menu or list
> or whatever where you can choose a function and not limiting functions to
> manipulate existing board? At least for my external plugin-HID this would
> help even more :)

Well, for the lesstif HID the user can already do that, but it's not
something the HID itself can.  For starters, you're assuming the GUI
has a menu bar.  But for wizards, we'd at least enumerate the existing
wizards somewhere, much like we do with exporters.

> In which case only the first or the last is used? If the first, I can
> hook as I will be the first from the .so :)

I don't know which will get chosen.  That's yet to be considered.

> >No.  If you need a timer, ask the gui to give you a timer.
> 
> The idea is that the external HID doesn't necessary have a GUI.

Ah, but the GUI that's running PCB *does* have timers.  We use them in
the core already.

> Is the main loop/event loop donated by the gui hid?

The GUI has the main event loop, yes.

> >Note that pcb already has such a socket.
> 
> Wasn't that pipe? Where can I find it in the code? A quick grep for word
> socket didn't result in anything useful :)

Whatever.  Look for the --listener code.