X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/0fd734af37cfad81055678e1398d76ff696bbc05..33ff77f695fa78cae844cc930e73c076639b8fe3:/docs/microwin/readme.txt diff --git a/docs/microwin/readme.txt b/docs/microwin/readme.txt index d7cff792dc..b775a6d190 100644 --- a/docs/microwin/readme.txt +++ b/docs/microwin/readme.txt @@ -1,38 +1,87 @@ wxMicroWindows port =================== -Julian Smart 2001-07-02 +Julian Smart 2001-12-08 -This is a snapshot of my experimental port of wxWindows to -MicroWindows. Widgets are supplied by the wxUniversal project, -while the underlying port uses the Windows ports with small -modifications for the MicroWindows API. +This is a port of wxWindows to MicroWindows, under Linux. +Widgets are supplied by the wxUniversal project, while the +underlying port uses the Windows ports with small modifications +for the MicroWindows API. + +=== NOTE: === + + Current efforts are being concentrated on a port to Nano-X, + which potentially offers greater flexibility than the WIN32 + API of MicroWindows, such as the ability to run multiple + Nano-X processes simultaneously. Please see + ../docs/x11/readme-nanox.txt for information. There are many things missing from MicroWindows that will -make the port quite limited for the time being. I haven't -worked out how to create bitmaps, though there is a BMP to C -converter. There are no menus, no common dialogs, and only -one WIN32 app may be run at a time. +make the port quite limited for the time being. +In particular, only one WIN32 app may be run at a time. -Some things can no doubt be worked around, and/or MicroWindows -itself tweaked. Lots of wxWin functionality is just switched off or -commented out. +Note that you can gain confidence in the WIN32/wxUniversal +combination by compiling wxUniversal under Windows using VC++, +using src/wxUniv.dsp. You can compile the minimal +and widgets samples in wxUniversal mode using the +UnivDebug and UnivRelease targets. Most of the code is shared +between this combination, and the wxMicroWindows port. Installation ============ -First install MicroWindows - untar it, change config to -use X11 and any other options you feel fit, apply -microwindows.patches to fix PeekMessage, and compile -(type 'make' from within the src directory). +MicroWindows: + +- unarchive MicroWindows 0.89pre8 + +- change 'config' to use X11 and any other options you feel fit. + Suggestions for changes to the defaults: + + ERASEMOVE=N (otherwise moving windows will look messy) + X11=Y + OPTIMIZE=N + DEBUG=Y + VERBOSE=Y + + Note: these are already applied by the patch below. + +- apply microwindows.patches (from wxWindows: + docs/microwin/microwindows.patches) to fix PeekMessage + and other issues. If the patch doesn't apply automatically, + you may need to apply it by hand, and the relevant changed + functions are given at the end of this file for convenience. + + Example patch command: + + % cd microwindows-0.89pre8.orig + % patch -p0 < ~/wx2/docs/microwin/microwindows.patches + +- compile by typing 'make' from within the MicroWindows src directory + +wxMicroWindows: + +- Download wxMSW 2.3.2 or greater, or get it from CVS + +- Copy include/wx/msw/setup_microwin.h to include/wx/setup.h if + include/wx/setup.h doesn't exist + +- EITHER: + + o set the MICROWINDOWS environment variable, e.g.: + + % export MICROWINDOWS=/home/julians/local/microwindows/microwindows-0.89pre8/src -Untar the wxMicroWindows port, and change the TOP variable at the -top of src/microwin/Makefile to reflect where MicroWindows is installed. -Type 'make all' from src/microwin. To clean, use cleanwx and NOT clean -since that will clean MicroWindows itself. + OR: + + o change the TOP variable at the top of src/msw/makefile.mic + to reflect where MicroWindows is installed + +- type 'make -f makefile.mic all' from src/msw. To clean, use + cleanwx and NOT clean since that will clean MicroWindows itself + +- to make the sample, cd into samples/minimal, edit the TOP variable + (or set MICROWINDOWS) as before, and type 'make -f makefile.mic all' -To make the sample, cd into samples/minimal, edit the TOP variable, -and type 'make all'. Running 'minimal' runs the virtual MicroWindows desktop and the minimal sample, since in a MicroWindows WIN32 application they are one and the same binary. @@ -40,15 +89,99 @@ they are one and the same binary. Status ====== -A frame comes up :-) +The minimal sample is almost fully-functional, apart from some +presentation issues (no menu borders and status bar in the wrong +place. + +The widgets sample is crashing in DeleteObject (see notes below). + + +Implementation Notes +==================== + +wxMicroWindows is essentially the wxMSW port + wxUniversal +widgets. Lots of things in include/wx/univ/setup.h are switched +off to allow the port to compile. There are also #ifdefs +switching off further functionality, such as most wxBitmap +functions, pending proper implementation. + +There are some WIN32 API functions not implemented by MicroWindows +that are instead stubbed out in include/wx/msw/microwin.c, +and 'implemented' in src/msw/microwin.c. Some of these functions +are important, some less so. They will need to be implemented +in due course. But implementing missing functionality in this way +is preferably to proliferating many #ifdefs in the +wxMSW/wxMicroWindows port itself. + + +Errors/warnings +=============== + +In file ../../src/msw/window.cpp at line 1294: 'UpdateWindow' failed with error 0x00000000 (Success). + + - caused because there are no paint messages pending. Presumed + harmless. + +In file ../../src/msw/dc.cpp at line 1838: 'BitBlt' failed with error 0x00000000 (Success). + + - caused because the window isn't mapped, and MwPrepareDC in wingdi.c + fails (hwnd->unmapcount is non-zero). Presumed harmless. + +Recursive paint problem, e.g. when clicking the 'Press Me!' +button in the widgets sample a few times, until the text control +is full. + + - possibly the scrollbar is causing the text control to be + updated, which somehow effects the scrollbar, which causes + a window update, etc. -Notes -===== +Sluggish updates. -No ::GetKeyState (see microwin/private.h). Should probably use GdOpenKeyboard/GdCloseKeyboard/GdReadKeyboard. Could perhaps emulate GetKeyState this way. + - probably because many image to bitmap conversions are being + done on update, and bitmaps should probably be cached. -No ::CreateBitmap or BITMAPINFO. But BMPs can be converted -to C using convbmp, then need to use Gr... functions. + +Things missing from MicroWindows that need to be worked around +============================================================== + +wxImage/inline XPM/::CreateBitmap support +----------------------------------------- + +This is the main obstacle to getting a good range +of widgets working, since wxUniversal uses inline XPMs +to implement most of the widgets. + +See src/engine/devimage.c for routines for loading JPEGs, +XPMs etc. Unfortunately the XPM routines are also #ifdefed +for FILE_IO, even though for inline XPMs we don't need file I/O. +(Embedded systems tend not to have file I/O, anyway.) + +Now, wxWindows has its own XPM decoder, src/common/xpmdecod.cpp, +so in theory we don't need to use MicroWindows' code there. +wxImage can load an inline XPM, _but_ we need to convert to +a wxBitmap since this is what the widgets need. + +There is no ::CreateBitmap or BITMAPINFO. (BMPs can be converted +to C using convbmp, then need to use Gr... functions.) + +So how can we convert from wxImage to wxBitmap in MicroWindows? + +Well, a simple-minded way would be to use CreateCompatibleBitmap +which returns an HBITMAP, select it into an HDC, and draw +the pixels from the wxImage to the HDC one by one with SetPixel. +This is now implemented, but there are problems with masks. +(a) masks have to be created at screen depth because BitBlt/GrDraw +can't cope with differing depths, and (b) masked blitting +is still not working (try enabling mask creation in +wxBitmap::CreateFromImage by setting USE_MASKS to 1). + + +Other missing features +---------------------- + +No ::GetKeyState (see include/wx/msw/private.h). Should probably use +GdOpenKeyboard/GdCloseKeyboard/GdReadKeyboard. Could perhaps emulate +GetKeyState this way. No ::DestroyIcon, ::DestroyCursor - use ::DestroyObject instead? Also no LoadCursor, LoadImage. So how do we make cursors? No ::SetCursor. @@ -56,10 +189,146 @@ Also no LoadCursor, LoadImage. So how do we make cursors? No ::SetCursor. wxDC: no ::GetTextColor, ::GetBkColor, ::IntersectClipRect, ::GetClipBox -No ::SetMenu, so no menus or menubars. +No ::SetMenu, so no menus or menubars (now implemented by +wxUniversal). No ::GetObject so we can't get LOGFONT from an HFONT -in wxSystemSettings. +in wxSystemSettings (worked around by passing HFONT to +the wxFont constructor). + + +Applying patches by hand +======================== + +The full altered functions are given below in case you have +to apply them by hand. + +src/mwin/winevent.c +------------------- + +A second test has been added to this line: + + if(hittest == HTCLIENT || hwnd == GetCapture()) { + +in MwTranslateMouseMessage below. This corrects a mouse message +bug. + +/* + * Translate and deliver hardware mouse message to proper window. + */ +void +MwTranslateMouseMessage(HWND hwnd,UINT msg,int hittest) +{ + POINT pt; + DWORD tick; + static UINT lastmsg = 0; + static HWND lasthwnd; + static DWORD lasttick; + static int lastx, lasty; + + /* determine double click eligibility*/ + if(msg == WM_LBUTTONDOWN || msg == WM_RBUTTONDOWN) { + tick = GetTickCount(); + if((hwnd->pClass->style & CS_DBLCLKS) && + msg == lastmsg && hwnd == lasthwnd && + tick - lasttick < DBLCLICKSPEED && + abs(cursorx-lastx) < mwSYSMETRICS_CXDOUBLECLK && + abs(cursory-lasty) < mwSYSMETRICS_CYDOUBLECLK) + msg += (WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK - WM_LBUTTONDOWN); + lastmsg = msg; + lasthwnd = hwnd; + lasttick = tick; + lastx = cursorx; + lasty = cursory; + } + + /* + * We always send nc mouse message + * unlike Windows, for HTCLIENT default processing + */ + PostMessage(hwnd, msg + (WM_NCMOUSEMOVE-WM_MOUSEMOVE), hittest, + MAKELONG(cursorx, cursory)); + + /* then possibly send user mouse message*/ + if(hittest == HTCLIENT || hwnd == GetCapture()) { + pt.x = cursorx; + pt.y = cursory; + ScreenToClient(hwnd, &pt); + PostMessage(hwnd, msg, 0, MAKELONG(pt.x, pt.y)); + } +} + +winuser.c +--------- + +Part of PeekMessage has been factored out into PeekMessageHelper, +and used in PeekMessage and GetMessage. The three relevant functions +are: + +/* + * A helper function for sharing code between PeekMessage and GetMessage + */ + +BOOL WINAPI +PeekMessageHelper(LPMSG lpMsg, HWND hwnd, UINT uMsgFilterMin, UINT uMsgFilterMax, + UINT wRemoveMsg, BOOL returnIfEmptyQueue) +{ + HWND wp; + PMSG pNxtMsg; + + /* check if no messages in queue*/ + if(mwMsgHead.head == NULL) { + /* Added by JACS so it doesn't reach MwSelect */ + if (returnIfEmptyQueue) + return FALSE; + +#if PAINTONCE + /* check all windows for pending paint messages*/ + for(wp=listwp; wp; wp=wp->next) { + if(!(wp->style & WS_CHILD)) { + if(chkPaintMsg(wp, lpMsg)) + return TRUE; + } + } + for(wp=listwp; wp; wp=wp->next) { + if(wp->style & WS_CHILD) { + if(chkPaintMsg(wp, lpMsg)) + return TRUE; + } + } +#endif + MwSelect(); + } + + if(mwMsgHead.head == NULL) + return FALSE; + + pNxtMsg = (PMSG)mwMsgHead.head; + if(wRemoveMsg & PM_REMOVE) + GdListRemove(&mwMsgHead, &pNxtMsg->link); + *lpMsg = *pNxtMsg; + if(wRemoveMsg & PM_REMOVE) + GdItemFree(pNxtMsg); + return TRUE; +} + +BOOL WINAPI +PeekMessage(LPMSG lpMsg, HWND hwnd, UINT uMsgFilterMin, UINT uMsgFilterMax, + UINT wRemoveMsg) +{ + /* Never wait in MwSelect: pass TRUE */ + return PeekMessageHelper(lpMsg, hwnd, uMsgFilterMin, uMsgFilterMax, wRemoveMsg, TRUE); +} -No ::CreateDialog so how do we create dialogs? Simulate -one with a frame I guess. +BOOL WINAPI +GetMessage(LPMSG lpMsg,HWND hwnd,UINT wMsgFilterMin,UINT wMsgFilterMax) +{ + /* + * currently MwSelect() must poll for VT switch reasons, + * so this code will work + */ + /* Always wait in MwSelect if there are messages: pass FALSE */ + while(!PeekMessageHelper(lpMsg, hwnd, wMsgFilterMin, wMsgFilterMax,PM_REMOVE, FALSE)) + continue; + return lpMsg->message != WM_QUIT; +}