Re: Building multiple backends on on same system
- From: Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>
- To: Kevin Fox <Kevin Fox pnl gov>
- Cc: "gtk-devel-list gnome org" <gtk-devel-list gnome org>, Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Building multiple backends on on same system
- Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:19:57 -0500
On 12/06/10 13:12, Kevin Fox wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 09:53 -0800, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
>> On 12/05/10 17:14, Alexander Larsson wrote:
>>> Then we add a GdkBackend type that each backend implements. This is a
>>> singleton created at init to hang global stuff off. Its also useful for
>>> backend specific code.
>>
>> Would it be possible to allow multiple backends at runtime? Imagine, moving
>> your app currently running on your desktop to running on broadway without
>> restarting it...
>
> Even nicer, moving from one backend to a new instance of the same at
> runtime. For example, moving an app from X11 on display :0 to X11 on
> display :13
This, I believe, is already possible. Owen was demoing it years ago...
behdad
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