[lcdproc] [Fwd: [lcdproc] "named pipe" is different from/dev/lcdkernel code. :-)]

[Harald Klein]

"William W. Ferrell" wrote:
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> > > > pipes? but who wants to hook a lcd up to the pc and uses windoofs :)))
> > >
> > > The folks using Todd Porter's port of LCDproc for NT :)
> > >
> >
> > sorry :)
> 
> No worries. It's just another market to expand into before somebody who
> actually wants money for his code decides to build something for 'doze
> that competes with us :)

yep :)

> 
> > > Okay okay I know I just mailed out that I don't wanna do the named
> > > pipes, but this brings up good points. Okay fine I'm sold.
> > >
> > > Told 'ya I'm easily persuaded :)
> > >
> > > Okay then, how do we do named pipes on Windoze?
> >
> > hmm...
> 
> Cygwin is seriously one way to manage that (I *think*).
> 
> > > Or should we just support both dynamic loadables and named pipes?
> >
> > i think both ways are okay, i don't know how to implement pipes in win,
> > but implementing both is overkill, isn't it?
> 
> It's overkill unless it's the only way to do it in Windoze. Of course,
> that could just mean a pile of #IFDEF's (if we're in Windoze, do dynamic
> loadables, if we're in anything else, do named pipes).

don't like #IFDEFS, if windows isnt able to handle pipes i vote for tcp
sockets.
dynamic loadables should be fine, too, but the network approach supports
remote
displays kinda X.

hari

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