[vlc-devel] glue about var_Set / var_Get and key-pressed

[Iuri Diniz]

On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 14:02 +0800, gauchy wrote:
> > look for examples on ManageVideo/ConvertKey in
> > vlc/modules/video_output/x11/xcommon.c 
> > 
> > use something like this: 
> > 
> > var_Set( p_vout->p_libvlc, "key-pressed", val );
> > 
> > handle it on interface plugin
> > 
> I've seen that code before,but it's unclear how vlc to handle the
> key-pressed events?
> var_Set() and var_Get() drive me crazy! no documents talk about
> how these functions works, only tell me to set the variable value and 
> get the variable's value, Can you tell me something about that? or where
> I can find the document?
>   thanks
>                              gauchy
> 
> 

you use var_Set on a place and use var_Get in another, it's like IPC.
But you use var_AddCallback to handle it correctly.

read the changelog and look for key-press

a glue:
read modules/control/hotkeys.c


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