| Re: [platform-swt-dev] Create a new shell on different X display |
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SWT does not support this setup "out of the box"
(i.e. one application -> two or more X servers).
The chance it will work is very
small. If you don't know GTK+/XLIB, the chance gets even
smaller.Here's my current chain of thoughts.
1. If it is possible at all, you 100% need to
have a _separate_ Display object for this new shell. Because, every Display
represents one connection to X server.
2. For this separate Display you need to spin
another readAndDispatch() loop, probably in another thread :)
3. Even if (2.) is possible (almost for
sure there is little something in SWT and/or GTK which prohibits it), you
need to:
4. Check what gtk_init() does, in GTK+ docs.
gtk_init() is called when a new Display() is created. This function is
supposed to connect to X by checking the DISPLAY environment variable,
--display parameter (if supported) etc. etc.
5. Check whether and if you need to tweak the
call to gtk_init as it is currently done in Display class.
6. I would say, first, do it in GTK+ in a C app
and then try with SWT......
Hope this helps.
Ivan
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