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And not needed any more because we export buffers in a thread. git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@32597 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8
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1.3 KiB
C++
53 lines
1.3 KiB
C++
// -*- C++ -*-
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/**
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* \file Systemcall.h
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* This file is part of LyX, the document processor.
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* Licence details can be found in the file COPYING.
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*
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* \author Asger Alstrup
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*
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* Interface cleaned up by
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* \author Angus Leeming
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*
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* Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS.
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*/
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#ifndef SYSTEMCALL_H
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#define SYSTEMCALL_H
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#include <string>
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namespace lyx {
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namespace support {
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/**
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* An instance of Class Systemcall represents a single child process.
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*
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* Class Systemcall uses system() to launch the child process.
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* The user can choose to wait or not wait for the process to complete, but no
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* callback is invoked upon completion of the child.
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*
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* The child process is not killed when the Systemcall instance goes out of
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* scope.
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*/
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class Systemcall {
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public:
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/// whether to wait for completion
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enum Starttype {
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Wait, //< wait for completion before returning from startscript()
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DontWait //< don't wait for completion
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};
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/** Start child process.
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* The string "what" contains a commandline with arguments separated
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* by spaces. Unset "process_events" in case UI should be blocked while
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* processing the external command.
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*/
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int startscript(Starttype how, std::string const & what, bool process_events = false);
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};
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} // namespace support
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} // namespace lyx
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#endif // SYSTEMCALL_H
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