| 1 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| 2 | // Name: src/cocoa/app.mm |
| 3 | // Purpose: wxApp |
| 4 | // Author: David Elliott |
| 5 | // Modified by: |
| 6 | // Created: 2002/11/27 |
| 7 | // RCS-ID: $Id$ |
| 8 | // Copyright: (c) David Elliott |
| 9 | // Software 2000 Ltd. |
| 10 | // Licence: wxWindows licence |
| 11 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// |
| 12 | |
| 13 | #include "wx/wxprec.h" |
| 14 | |
| 15 | #include "wx/app.h" |
| 16 | |
| 17 | #ifndef WX_PRECOMP |
| 18 | #include "wx/intl.h" |
| 19 | #include "wx/log.h" |
| 20 | #include "wx/module.h" |
| 21 | #endif |
| 22 | |
| 23 | #include "wx/cocoa/ObjcRef.h" |
| 24 | #include "wx/cocoa/autorelease.h" |
| 25 | #include "wx/cocoa/mbarman.h" |
| 26 | #include "wx/cocoa/NSApplication.h" |
| 27 | |
| 28 | #include "wx/cocoa/dc.h" |
| 29 | |
| 30 | #import <AppKit/NSApplication.h> |
| 31 | #import <Foundation/NSRunLoop.h> |
| 32 | #import <Foundation/NSThread.h> |
| 33 | #import <AppKit/NSEvent.h> |
| 34 | #import <Foundation/NSString.h> |
| 35 | #import <Foundation/NSNotification.h> |
| 36 | #import <AppKit/NSCell.h> |
| 37 | |
| 38 | bool wxApp::sm_isEmbedded = false; // Normally we're not a plugin |
| 39 | |
| 40 | // wxNSApplicationObserver singleton. |
| 41 | static wxObjcAutoRefFromAlloc<wxNSApplicationObserver*> sg_cocoaAppObserver = [[WX_GET_OBJC_CLASS(wxNSApplicationObserver) alloc] init]; |
| 42 | |
| 43 | // ======================================================================== |
| 44 | // wxNSApplicationDelegate |
| 45 | // ======================================================================== |
| 46 | @implementation wxNSApplicationDelegate : NSObject |
| 47 | |
| 48 | // NOTE: Terminate means that the event loop does NOT return and thus |
| 49 | // cleanup code doesn't properly execute. Furthermore, wxWidgets has its |
| 50 | // own exit on frame delete mechanism. |
| 51 | - (BOOL)applicationShouldTerminateAfterLastWindowClosed:(NSApplication *)theApplication |
| 52 | { |
| 53 | return NO; |
| 54 | } |
| 55 | |
| 56 | @end // implementation wxNSApplicationDelegate : NSObject |
| 57 | WX_IMPLEMENT_GET_OBJC_CLASS(wxNSApplicationDelegate,NSObject) |
| 58 | |
| 59 | // ======================================================================== |
| 60 | // wxNSApplicationObserver |
| 61 | // ======================================================================== |
| 62 | @implementation wxNSApplicationObserver : NSObject |
| 63 | |
| 64 | - (void)applicationWillBecomeActive:(NSNotification *)notification |
| 65 | { |
| 66 | wxTheApp->CocoaDelegate_applicationWillBecomeActive(); |
| 67 | } |
| 68 | |
| 69 | - (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(NSNotification *)notification |
| 70 | { |
| 71 | wxTheApp->CocoaDelegate_applicationDidBecomeActive(); |
| 72 | } |
| 73 | |
| 74 | - (void)applicationWillResignActive:(NSNotification *)notification |
| 75 | { |
| 76 | wxTheApp->CocoaDelegate_applicationWillResignActive(); |
| 77 | } |
| 78 | |
| 79 | - (void)applicationDidResignActive:(NSNotification *)notification |
| 80 | { |
| 81 | wxTheApp->CocoaDelegate_applicationDidResignActive(); |
| 82 | } |
| 83 | |
| 84 | - (void)applicationWillUpdate:(NSNotification *)notification; |
| 85 | { |
| 86 | wxTheApp->CocoaDelegate_applicationWillUpdate(); |
| 87 | } |
| 88 | |
| 89 | - (void)controlTintChanged:(NSNotification *)notification |
| 90 | { |
| 91 | wxLogDebug(wxT("TODO: send EVT_SYS_COLOUR_CHANGED as appropriate")); |
| 92 | } |
| 93 | |
| 94 | @end // implementation wxNSApplicationObserver : NSObject |
| 95 | WX_IMPLEMENT_GET_OBJC_CLASS(wxNSApplicationObserver,NSObject) |
| 96 | |
| 97 | // ======================================================================== |
| 98 | // wxApp |
| 99 | // ======================================================================== |
| 100 | |
| 101 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 102 | // wxApp Static member initialization |
| 103 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 104 | IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxApp, wxEvtHandler) |
| 105 | |
| 106 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 107 | // wxApp initialization/cleanup |
| 108 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 109 | bool wxApp::Initialize(int& argc, wxChar **argv) |
| 110 | { |
| 111 | wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool pool; |
| 112 | m_cocoaMainThread = [NSThread currentThread]; |
| 113 | // Mac OS X passes a process serial number command line argument when |
| 114 | // the application is launched from the Finder. This argument must be |
| 115 | // removed from the command line arguments before being handled by the |
| 116 | // application (otherwise applications would need to handle it) |
| 117 | if ( argc > 1 ) |
| 118 | { |
| 119 | static const wxChar *ARG_PSN = wxT("-psn_"); |
| 120 | if ( wxStrncmp(argv[1], ARG_PSN, wxStrlen(ARG_PSN)) == 0 ) |
| 121 | { |
| 122 | // remove this argument |
| 123 | --argc; |
| 124 | memmove(argv + 1, argv + 2, argc * sizeof(wxChar *)); |
| 125 | } |
| 126 | } |
| 127 | |
| 128 | /* |
| 129 | Cocoa supports -Key value options which set the user defaults key "Key" |
| 130 | to the value "value" Some of them are very handy for debugging like |
| 131 | -NSShowAllViews YES. Cocoa picks these up from the real argv so |
| 132 | our removal of them from the wx copy of it does not affect Cocoa's |
| 133 | ability to see them. |
| 134 | |
| 135 | We basically just assume that any "-NS" option and its following |
| 136 | argument needs to be removed from argv. We hope that user code does |
| 137 | not expect to see -NS options and indeed it's probably a safe bet |
| 138 | since most user code accepting options is probably using the |
| 139 | double-dash GNU-style syntax. |
| 140 | */ |
| 141 | for(int i=1; i < argc; ++i) |
| 142 | { |
| 143 | static const wxChar *ARG_NS = wxT("-NS"); |
| 144 | static const int ARG_NS_LEN = wxStrlen(ARG_NS); |
| 145 | if( wxStrncmp(argv[i], ARG_NS, ARG_NS_LEN) == 0 ) |
| 146 | { |
| 147 | // Only eat this option if it has an argument |
| 148 | if( (i + 1) < argc ) |
| 149 | { |
| 150 | argc -= 2; |
| 151 | memmove(argv + i, argv + i + 2, argc * sizeof(wxChar*)); |
| 152 | // drop back one position so the next run through the loop |
| 153 | // reprocesses the argument at our current index. |
| 154 | --i; |
| 155 | } |
| 156 | } |
| 157 | } |
| 158 | |
| 159 | return wxAppBase::Initialize(argc, argv); |
| 160 | } |
| 161 | |
| 162 | void wxApp::CleanUp() |
| 163 | { |
| 164 | wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool pool; |
| 165 | |
| 166 | wxCocoaDCImpl::CocoaShutdownTextSystem(); |
| 167 | wxMenuBarManager::DestroyInstance(); |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:sg_cocoaAppObserver]; |
| 170 | if(!sm_isEmbedded) |
| 171 | { |
| 172 | [m_cocoaApp setDelegate:nil]; |
| 173 | [m_cocoaAppDelegate release]; |
| 174 | m_cocoaAppDelegate = NULL; |
| 175 | } |
| 176 | |
| 177 | wxAppBase::CleanUp(); |
| 178 | } |
| 179 | |
| 180 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 181 | // wxApp creation |
| 182 | // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 183 | wxApp::wxApp() |
| 184 | { |
| 185 | m_topWindow = NULL; |
| 186 | |
| 187 | argc = 0; |
| 188 | #if !wxUSE_UNICODE |
| 189 | argv = NULL; |
| 190 | #endif |
| 191 | m_cocoaApp = NULL; |
| 192 | m_cocoaAppDelegate = NULL; |
| 193 | } |
| 194 | |
| 195 | void wxApp::CocoaDelegate_applicationWillBecomeActive() |
| 196 | { |
| 197 | } |
| 198 | |
| 199 | void wxApp::CocoaDelegate_applicationDidBecomeActive() |
| 200 | { |
| 201 | } |
| 202 | |
| 203 | void wxApp::CocoaDelegate_applicationWillResignActive() |
| 204 | { |
| 205 | wxTopLevelWindowCocoa::DeactivatePendingWindow(); |
| 206 | } |
| 207 | |
| 208 | void wxApp::CocoaDelegate_applicationDidResignActive() |
| 209 | { |
| 210 | } |
| 211 | |
| 212 | bool wxApp::OnInitGui() |
| 213 | { |
| 214 | wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool pool; |
| 215 | if(!wxAppBase::OnInitGui()) |
| 216 | return false; |
| 217 | |
| 218 | // Create the app using the sharedApplication method |
| 219 | m_cocoaApp = [NSApplication sharedApplication]; |
| 220 | |
| 221 | if(!sm_isEmbedded) |
| 222 | { |
| 223 | // Enable response to application delegate messages |
| 224 | m_cocoaAppDelegate = [[WX_GET_OBJC_CLASS(wxNSApplicationDelegate) alloc] init]; |
| 225 | [m_cocoaApp setDelegate:m_cocoaAppDelegate]; |
| 226 | } |
| 227 | |
| 228 | // Enable response to "delegate" messages on the notification observer |
| 229 | [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:sg_cocoaAppObserver |
| 230 | selector:@selector(applicationWillBecomeActive:) |
| 231 | name:NSApplicationWillBecomeActiveNotification object:nil]; |
| 232 | |
| 233 | [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:sg_cocoaAppObserver |
| 234 | selector:@selector(applicationDidBecomeActive:) |
| 235 | name:NSApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification object:nil]; |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:sg_cocoaAppObserver |
| 238 | selector:@selector(applicationWillResignActive:) |
| 239 | name:NSApplicationWillResignActiveNotification object:nil]; |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:sg_cocoaAppObserver |
| 242 | selector:@selector(applicationDidResignActive:) |
| 243 | name:NSApplicationDidResignActiveNotification object:nil]; |
| 244 | |
| 245 | [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:sg_cocoaAppObserver |
| 246 | selector:@selector(applicationWillUpdate:) |
| 247 | name:NSApplicationWillUpdateNotification object:nil]; |
| 248 | |
| 249 | // Enable response to system notifications |
| 250 | [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:sg_cocoaAppObserver |
| 251 | selector:@selector(controlTintChanged:) |
| 252 | name:NSControlTintDidChangeNotification object:nil]; |
| 253 | |
| 254 | if(!sm_isEmbedded) |
| 255 | wxMenuBarManager::CreateInstance(); |
| 256 | |
| 257 | wxCocoaDCImpl::CocoaInitializeTextSystem(); |
| 258 | return true; |
| 259 | } |
| 260 | |
| 261 | wxApp::~wxApp() |
| 262 | { |
| 263 | if(m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver != NULL) |
| 264 | { |
| 265 | // Invalidate the observer which also removes it from the run loop. |
| 266 | CFRunLoopObserverInvalidate(m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver); |
| 267 | // Release the ref as we don't need it anymore. |
| 268 | m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver.reset(); |
| 269 | } |
| 270 | } |
| 271 | |
| 272 | bool wxApp::CallOnInit() |
| 273 | { |
| 274 | // wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool pool; |
| 275 | return OnInit(); |
| 276 | } |
| 277 | |
| 278 | bool wxApp::OnInit() |
| 279 | { |
| 280 | if(!wxAppBase::OnInit()) |
| 281 | return false; |
| 282 | |
| 283 | return true; |
| 284 | } |
| 285 | |
| 286 | void wxApp::Exit() |
| 287 | { |
| 288 | wxApp::CleanUp(); |
| 289 | |
| 290 | wxAppConsole::Exit(); |
| 291 | } |
| 292 | |
| 293 | void wxApp::WakeUpIdle() |
| 294 | { |
| 295 | /* When called from the main thread the NSAutoreleasePool managed by |
| 296 | the [NSApplication run] method would ordinarily be in place and so |
| 297 | one would think a pool here would be unnecessary. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | However, when called from a different thread there is usually no |
| 300 | NSAutoreleasePool in place because wxThread has no knowledge of |
| 301 | wxCocoa. The pool here is generally only ever going to contain |
| 302 | the NSEvent we create with the factory method. As soon as we add |
| 303 | it to the main event queue with postEvent:atStart: it is retained |
| 304 | and so safe for our pool to release. |
| 305 | */ |
| 306 | wxAutoNSAutoreleasePool pool; |
| 307 | /* NOTE: This is a little heavy handed. What this does is cause an |
| 308 | AppKit NSEvent to be added to NSApplication's queue (which is always |
| 309 | on the main thread). This will cause the main thread runloop to |
| 310 | exit which returns control to nextEventMatchingMask which returns |
| 311 | the event which is then sent with sendEvent: and essentially dropped |
| 312 | since it's not for a window (windowNumber 0) and NSApplication |
| 313 | certainly doesn't understand it. |
| 314 | |
| 315 | With the exception of wxEventLoop::Exit which uses us to cause the |
| 316 | runloop to exit and return to the NSApplication event loop, most |
| 317 | callers only need wx idle to happen, or more specifically only really |
| 318 | need to ensure that ProcessPendingEvents is called which is currently |
| 319 | done without exiting the runloop. |
| 320 | |
| 321 | Be careful if you decide to change the implementation of this method |
| 322 | as wxEventLoop::Exit depends on the current behaviour. |
| 323 | */ |
| 324 | [m_cocoaApp postEvent:[NSEvent otherEventWithType:NSApplicationDefined |
| 325 | location:NSZeroPoint modifierFlags:NSAnyEventMask |
| 326 | timestamp:0 windowNumber:0 context:nil |
| 327 | subtype:0 data1:0 data2:0] atStart:NO]; |
| 328 | } |
| 329 | |
| 330 | extern "C" static void ObserveMainRunLoopBeforeWaiting(CFRunLoopObserverRef observer, CFRunLoopActivity activity, void *info); |
| 331 | extern "C" static void ObserveMainRunLoopBeforeWaiting(CFRunLoopObserverRef observer, CFRunLoopActivity activity, void *info) |
| 332 | { |
| 333 | static_cast<wxApp*>(info)->CF_ObserveMainRunLoopBeforeWaiting(observer, activity); |
| 334 | } |
| 335 | |
| 336 | #if 0 |
| 337 | static int sg_cApplicationWillUpdate = 0; |
| 338 | #endif |
| 339 | |
| 340 | /*! |
| 341 | Invoked from the applicationWillUpdate notification observer. See the |
| 342 | NSApplication documentation for the official statement on when this |
| 343 | will be called. Since it can be hard to understand for a Cocoa newbie |
| 344 | I'll try to explain it here as it relates to wxCocoa. |
| 345 | |
| 346 | Basically, we get called from within nextEventMatchingMask if and only |
| 347 | if any user code told the application to send the update notification |
| 348 | (sort of like a request for idle events). However, unlike wx idle events, |
| 349 | this notification is sent quite often, nearly every time through the loop |
| 350 | because nearly every control tells the application to send it. |
| 351 | |
| 352 | Because wx idle events are only supposed to be sent when the event loop |
| 353 | is about to block we instead schedule a function to be called just |
| 354 | before the run loop waits and send the idle events from there. |
| 355 | |
| 356 | It also has the desirable effect of only sending the wx idle events when |
| 357 | the event loop is actually going to block. If the event loop is being |
| 358 | pumped manualy (e.g. like a PeekMessage) then the kCFRunLoopBeforeWaiting |
| 359 | observer never fires. Our Yield() method depends on this because sending |
| 360 | idle events from within Yield would be bad. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | Normally you might think that we could just set the observer up once and |
| 363 | leave it attached. However, this is problematic because our run loop |
| 364 | observer calls user code (the idle handlers) which can actually display |
| 365 | modal dialogs. Displaying a modal dialog causes reentry of the event |
| 366 | loop, usually in a different run loop mode than the main loop (e.g. in |
| 367 | modal-dialog mode instead of default mode). Because we only register the |
| 368 | observer with the run loop mode at the time of this call, it won't be |
| 369 | called from a modal loop. |
| 370 | |
| 371 | We want it to be called and thus we need a new observer. |
| 372 | */ |
| 373 | void wxApp::CocoaDelegate_applicationWillUpdate() |
| 374 | { |
| 375 | wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_COCOA,wxT("applicationWillUpdate")); |
| 376 | |
| 377 | // CFRunLoopRef cfRunLoop = [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] getCFRunLoop]; |
| 378 | CFRunLoopRef cfRunLoop = CFRunLoopGetCurrent(); |
| 379 | wxCFRef<CFStringRef> cfRunLoopMode(CFRunLoopCopyCurrentMode(cfRunLoop)); |
| 380 | |
| 381 | /* If we have an observer and that observer is for the wrong run loop |
| 382 | mode then invalidate it and release it. |
| 383 | */ |
| 384 | if(m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver != NULL && m_cfObservedRunLoopMode != cfRunLoopMode) |
| 385 | { |
| 386 | CFRunLoopObserverInvalidate(m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver); |
| 387 | m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver.reset(); |
| 388 | } |
| 389 | #if 0 |
| 390 | ++sg_cApplicationWillUpdate; |
| 391 | #endif |
| 392 | /* This will be true either on the first call or when the above code has |
| 393 | invalidated and released the exisiting observer. |
| 394 | */ |
| 395 | if(m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver == NULL) |
| 396 | { |
| 397 | // Enable idle event handling |
| 398 | CFRunLoopObserverContext observerContext = |
| 399 | { 0 |
| 400 | , this |
| 401 | , NULL |
| 402 | , NULL |
| 403 | , NULL |
| 404 | }; |
| 405 | /* NOTE: I can't recall why we don't just let the observer repeat |
| 406 | instead of invalidating itself each time it fires thus requiring |
| 407 | it to be recreated for each shot but there was if I remember |
| 408 | some good (but very obscure) reason for it. |
| 409 | |
| 410 | On the other hand, I could be wrong so don't take that as gospel. |
| 411 | */ |
| 412 | m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver.reset(CFRunLoopObserverCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, kCFRunLoopBeforeWaiting, /*repeats*/FALSE, /*priority*/0, ObserveMainRunLoopBeforeWaiting, &observerContext)); |
| 413 | m_cfObservedRunLoopMode = cfRunLoopMode; |
| 414 | CFRunLoopAddObserver(cfRunLoop, m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver, m_cfObservedRunLoopMode); |
| 415 | } |
| 416 | } |
| 417 | |
| 418 | static inline bool FakeNeedMoreIdle() |
| 419 | { |
| 420 | #if 0 |
| 421 | // Return true on every 10th call. |
| 422 | static int idleCount = 0; |
| 423 | return ++idleCount % 10; |
| 424 | #else |
| 425 | return false; |
| 426 | #endif |
| 427 | } |
| 428 | |
| 429 | /*! |
| 430 | Called by CFRunLoop just before waiting. This is the appropriate time to |
| 431 | send idle events. Unlike other ports, we don't peek the queue for events |
| 432 | and stop idling if there is one. Instead, if the user requests more idle |
| 433 | events we tell Cocoa to send us an applicationWillUpdate notification |
| 434 | which will cause our observer of that notification to tell CFRunLoop to |
| 435 | call us before waiting which will cause us to be fired again but only |
| 436 | after exhausting the event queue. |
| 437 | |
| 438 | The reason we do it this way is that peeking for an event causes CFRunLoop |
| 439 | to reenter and fire off its timers, observers, and sources which we're |
| 440 | better off avoiding. Doing it this way, we basically let CFRunLoop do the |
| 441 | work of peeking for the next event which is much nicer. |
| 442 | */ |
| 443 | void wxApp::CF_ObserveMainRunLoopBeforeWaiting(CFRunLoopObserverRef observer, int activity) |
| 444 | { |
| 445 | // Ensure that CocoaDelegate_applicationWillUpdate will recreate us. |
| 446 | // We've already been invalidated by CFRunLoop because we are one-shot. |
| 447 | m_cfRunLoopIdleObserver.reset(); |
| 448 | #if 0 |
| 449 | wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_COCOA,wxT("Idle BEGIN (%d)"), sg_cApplicationWillUpdate); |
| 450 | sg_cApplicationWillUpdate = 0; |
| 451 | #else |
| 452 | wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_COCOA,wxT("Idle BEGIN")); |
| 453 | #endif |
| 454 | if( ProcessIdle() || FakeNeedMoreIdle() ) |
| 455 | { |
| 456 | wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_COCOA, wxT("Idle REQUEST MORE")); |
| 457 | [NSApp setWindowsNeedUpdate:YES]; |
| 458 | } |
| 459 | else |
| 460 | { |
| 461 | wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_COCOA, wxT("Idle END")); |
| 462 | } |
| 463 | } |
| 464 | |
| 465 | /* A note about Cocoa's event loops vs. run loops: |
| 466 | |
| 467 | It's important to understand that Cocoa has a two-level event loop. The |
| 468 | outer level is run by NSApplication and can only ever happen on the main |
| 469 | thread. The nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue: method returns |
| 470 | the next event which is then given to sendEvent: to send it. These |
| 471 | methods are defined in NSApplication and are thus part of AppKit. |
| 472 | |
| 473 | Events (NSEvent) are only sent due to actual user actions like clicking |
| 474 | the mouse or moving the mouse or pressing a key and so on. There are no |
| 475 | paint events; there are no timer events; there are no socket events; there |
| 476 | are no idle events. |
| 477 | |
| 478 | All of those types of "events" have nothing to do with the GUI at all. |
| 479 | That is why Cocoa's AppKit doesn't implement them. Instead, they are |
| 480 | implemented in Foundation's NSRunLoop which on OS X uses CFRunLoop |
| 481 | to do the actual work. |
| 482 | |
| 483 | How NSApplication uses NSRunLoop is rather interesting. Basically, it |
| 484 | interacts with NSRunLoop only from within the nextEventMatchingMask |
| 485 | method. It passes its inMode: argument almost directly to NSRunLoop |
| 486 | and thus CFRunLoop. The run loop then runs (e.g. loops) until it |
| 487 | is told to exit. The run loop calls the callout functions directly. |
| 488 | From within those callout functions the run loop is considered to |
| 489 | be running. Presumably, the AppKit installs a run loop source to |
| 490 | receive messages from the window server over the mach port (like a |
| 491 | socket). For some messages (e.g. need to paint) the AppKit will |
| 492 | call application code like drawRect: without exiting the run loop. |
| 493 | For other messages (ones that can be encapsulated in an NSEvent) |
| 494 | the AppKit tells the run loop to exit which returns control to |
| 495 | the nextEventMatchingMask method which then returns the NSEvent |
| 496 | object. It's important to note that once the runloop has exited |
| 497 | it is no longer considered running and thus if you ask it which |
| 498 | mode it is running in it will return nil. |
| 499 | |
| 500 | When manually pumping the event loop care should be taken to |
| 501 | tell it to run in the correct mode. For instance, if you are |
| 502 | using it to run a modal dialog then you want to run it in |
| 503 | the modal panel run loop mode. AppKit presumably has sources |
| 504 | or timers or observers that specifically don't listen on this |
| 505 | mode. Another interesting mode is the connection reply mode. |
| 506 | This allows Cocoa to wait for a response from a distributed |
| 507 | objects message without firing off user code that may result |
| 508 | in a DO call being made thus recursing. So basically, the |
| 509 | mode is a way for Cocoa to attempt to avoid run loop recursion |
| 510 | but to allow it under certain circumstances. |
| 511 | */ |
| 512 | |