From: Fredrik Öhrn <ohrn_at_chl.chalmers.se>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 11:32:54 +0200

Jonathan Gordon wrote:
> ??
> first the switch/if..ifelse is just a matter of style.. and the switch
> uses 1 less variable.. but it really makes no diff...
> which for loop are u talking about?

Sorry, I meant while-loop, the one inside read_button() that loops over the
items array.

> as for checking for long/short/dbl clicks in the actual button
> driver.. how does it know to wait for a double click instead of diong
> 2 single clicks? or wait for a long press??

It doesn't, the driver will generate a key down event and then a double click
event soon after, same thing for long press, a key down + long press event.
It's they way it has to be or all key events would have to be delayed the
amount of time it takes to detect a double click or long press. This would
make the UI seem sluggish.

All other OSes I know generates 2 events and it's not a problem.

> doing it this way enables u to use the old crappy _PRE moethd and
> #define all your keys.. or use this and have 1 swithc for your button
> loop which is neater, cleaner and easier to maintain..
>

Well, the current "_PRE" handling code could be removed completley if the
button driver returns (BUTTON_xxx | BUTTON_REL) when a short press ends and
(BUTTON_xxx | BUTTON_REL | BUTTON_REPEAT) for a long press. An application can
then easily implement 2 different actions without having to track the previous
event.


/Fredrik
Received on 2006-05-29