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[software/libev.git] / README.embed

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@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ FILESETS
         ev.c
         ev_vars.h
         ev_wrap.h
         ev.c
         ev_vars.h
         ev_wrap.h

-        ev_win32.c
+
+        ev_win32.c      required on win32 platforms only

 
         ev_select.c     only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default)
         ev_poll.c       only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
 
         ev_select.c     only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default)
         ev_poll.c       only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)


@@ -61,10 +62,17 @@ FILESETS
         event.h
         event.c
 
         event.h
         event.c
 

+AUTOCONF SUPPORT
+
+    Instead of using EV_STANDALONE=1 and providing your config in whatever
+    way you want, you can also m4_include([libev.m4]) in your configure.ac
+    and leave EV_STANDALONE off. ev.c will then include "config.h" and
+    configure itself accordingly.
+

 PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
 
     Libev can be configured via a variety of preprocessor symbols you have to define
 PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
 
     Libev can be configured via a variety of preprocessor symbols you have to define

-    before including any of its files. The default is not to build for mulciplicity
+    before including any of its files. The default is not to build for multiplicity

     and only include the select backend.
 
     EV_STANDALONE
     and only include the select backend.
 
     EV_STANDALONE


@@ -75,12 +83,6 @@ PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
         will also not define any of the structs usually found in "event.h"
         that are not directly supported by libev code alone.
 
         will also not define any of the structs usually found in "event.h"
         that are not directly supported by libev code alone.
 

-    EV_H
-
-        The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default
-        if undefined is <ev.h> in event.h and "ev.h" in ev.c. This can be used
-        to virtually rename the ev.h header file
-

     EV_USE_MONOTONIC
 
         If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the
     EV_USE_MONOTONIC
 
         If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the


@@ -136,18 +138,17 @@ PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
        will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this
        backend.
 
        will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this
        backend.
 

-    EV_COMMON
- 
-       By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining
-       this macro to a something else you can include more and other types
-       of members. You have to define it each time you include one of the
-       files, though, and it must be identical each time.
+    EV_H

 
 

-       For example, the perl EV module uses this:
+        The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default
+        if undefined is <ev.h> in event.h and "ev.h" in ev.c. This can
+        be used to virtually rename the ev.h header file in case of
+        conflicts.

 
 

-           #define EV_COMMON                       \
-             SV *self; /* contains this struct */  \
-             SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */
+    EV_EVENT_H
+
+        Similarly to EV_H, this macro cna be used to override event.c's idea
+        of how the event.h header can be found.

 
     EV_PROTOTYPES
 
 
     EV_PROTOTYPES
 


@@ -164,6 +165,36 @@ PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
        event loop pointer argument. Instead, all functions act on the
        single default loop.
 
        event loop pointer argument. Instead, all functions act on the
        single default loop.
 

+    EV_PERIODICS
+
+       If undefined or defined to be "1", then periodic timers are
+       supported, otherwise not. This saves a few kb of code.
+
+    EV_COMMON
+ 
+       By default, all watchers have a "void *data" member. By redefining
+       this macro to a something else you can include more and other types
+       of members. You have to define it each time you include one of the
+       files, though, and it must be identical each time.
+
+       For example, the perl EV module uses this:
+
+           #define EV_COMMON                       \
+             SV *self; /* contains this struct */  \
+             SV *cb_sv, *fh /* note no trailing ";" */
+
+    EV_CB_DECLARE(type)
+    EV_CB_INVOKE(watcher,revents)
+    ev_set_cb(ev,cb)
+
+       Can be used to change the callback member declaration in each
+       watcher, and the way callbacks are invoked and set. Must expand
+       to a struct member definition and a statement, respectively. See
+       the ev.v header file for their default definitions. One possible
+       use for overriding these is to avoid the ev_loop pointer as first
+       argument in all cases, or to use method calls instead of plain
+       function calls in C++.
+

 EXAMPLES
 
     For a real-world example of a program the includes libev
 EXAMPLES
 
     For a real-world example of a program the includes libev