Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 1997 10:42:20 +1200
From:	Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject:	Re: Question about future of Allegro.
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Cc:	shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk, DJGPP Mail List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Dim Zegebart wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I deeply (I hope so ;) ) study your code dialling with
> keyboard, mouse and timer. And also I study GUI part.
> IMHO, it's lack of some messaging system. I already done
> such a system with my previous work (not with Allegro and DJGPP).
> Hardware interrupt handlers collect events and put them into
> FIFO queue (separate queue for each device). And user write
> functions for each type of hardware (software too) events which called
> by SendMsg() in DispatchMsg() loop. Also, it's possible to
> assign a priority level for each queue (what is first mouse, keyboard,
> etc.) So, I can implement it in Allegro.
> My questions are :
> 1. Does anybody needed in such system (not only me) ?
> 2. Will future version of Allegro contain this feature ?
> 3. May be someone implement similar mechanism ?
> 
> Any comments ?
> 

Sound's good and would be usefull for much more than just Allegro.

Would you be willing to send me a copy of your code, as this sounds like
somethink I could use in my kernel code (pure djgpp, no dos at all!).  I
could port it to djgpp in gerneral as I port it to my os.

Bill
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Leave others their otherness.

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