Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: jbwest@ducati.waseattle.waii.com (JB West)
Subject: Re: Integrating X and PVM
Organization: Western Atlas Software
Date: 3 Jan 1996 18:17:14 GMT
Message-ID: <4ceh7a$1g5@airgun.wg.waii.com>


In article <9601021434.AA02547@glossa.co.uk>, Tim Blanchard <Tim.Blanchard@glossa.co.uk> writes:
|>Has anyone any pointers to examples of integrating X with PVM? I'm
|>looking to avoid using pvm_probe (because of the cost of
|>a busy wait loop) and select, as suggested in the PVM faq. A
|>possible way could be to interrupt the
|>X PVM process using pvm_signal and for the process
|>then to pvm_recv the message. Has anyone any experience in this
|>area.
|>
|>Cheers,
|>Tim Blanchard
|>
|>***********************************************************************
|> Tim Blanchard                             Tim.Blanchard@glossa.co.uk 
|> Associate Consultant, InterGlossa Ltd, 59 Alexandra Road,
|> Reading RG1 5PG, UK   +44 1734 561919
|>***********************************************************************
|>

  Workproc's are *not* correct for any sort of polling use. An XtTimerProc
can work pretty well in these cases.
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