1/*  Part of XPCE --- The SWI-Prolog GUI toolkit
    2
    3    Author:        Jan Wielemaker and Anjo Anjewierden
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   35
   36:- module(pce_dispatch,
   37          [ pce_dispatch/1,             % +Options
   38            pce_end_dispatch/0,
   39            pce_call/1                  % :Goal
   40          ]).   41:- use_module(library(pce)).   42
   43:- meta_predicate
   44    pce_call(0).

:- set_prolog_flag(xpce_threaded, false).

   60:- predicate_options(pce_dispatch/1, 1,
   61                     [ pass_to(system:thread_create/3, 3)
   62                     ]).

 pce_dispatch(+Options) is det

Create a new thread pce that takes care of the XPCE message loop. This predicate has no effect if dispatching is already on another thread than the main. The loop can be ended using pce_end_dispatch/0.

   71pce_dispatch(Options) :-
   72    with_mutex(pce_dispatch, pce_dispatch_(Options)).
   73
   74pce_dispatch_(_) :-
   75    pce_thread(pce),
   76    !.
   77pce_dispatch_(Options) :-
   78    thread_self(Me),
   79    thread_create(pce_dispatcher(Me), _,
   80                  [ alias(pce),
   81                    debug(false)
   82                  | Options
   83                  ]),
   84    thread_get_message(pce_dispatch).
   85
   86:- dynamic
   87    end_pce_dispatcher/1.   88
   89pce_dispatcher(Origin) :-
   90    set_pce_thread,
   91    thread_self(Me),
   92    retractall(pce:pce_thread(_)),
   93    assert(pce:pce_thread(Me)),
   94    thread_send_message(Origin, pce_dispatch),
   95    set_prolog_flag(debug_on_error, false),         % avoid the debugger
   96    set_prolog_flag(generate_debug_info, true),     % Started with false
   97    repeat,
   98        catch(pce_dispatch, E, true),
   99        (   var(E)
  100        ->  true
  101        ;   print_message(error, E)
  102        ),
  103    retract(end_pce_dispatcher(Sender)),
  104    !,
  105    thread_send_message(Sender, end_pce_dispatcher).
  106
  107end(Requester) :-
  108    assert(end_pce_dispatcher(Requester)).

 pce_end_dispatch is det

End the XPCE dispatcher loop started with pce_dispatch/1.

  114pce_end_dispatch :-
  115    thread_self(Me),
  116    in_pce_thread(end(Me)),
  117    thread_get_message(end_pce_dispatcher),
  118    set_pce_thread,
  119    thread_self(Me),
  120    retractall(pce:pce_thread(_)),
  121    assert(pce:pce_thread(Me)).

 pce_call(:Goal) is det

Run Goal in the XPCE thread.

deprecated

- New code should used in_pce_thread/1.

  129pce_call(Goal) :-
  130    in_pce_thread(Goal)