Re: Getting number of pipes in a system

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From: Brian Corrie (bcorrie++at++origin1.imti.nrc.ca)
Date: 06/26/2001 09:41:29

All,

No experience with getinvent() but my recollection is of ScreenCount not
returning terribly useful information on multi-pipe systems, especially when
they are configured with multiple keyboards etc. I unfortunately can't
remember the details, but don't be surprised if ScreenCount doesn't do exactly
what you want...

        Brian

> Hi,
>
> I've been using the data from getinvent(3) for this task. Is your method
> preferable?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -John
>
> From: Angus Dorbie <dorbie++at++sgi.com>
> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 21:49:25 -0700
> Subject: Re: Getting number of pipes in a system
>
> Including /usr/include/X11/Xlib.h you'll be able to use ScreenCount, it
> looks like it's just a macro to read nscreens from a private(?) part of
> the display structure.
>
> Cheers,Angus.
>
>
> Allen Bierbaum wrote:
> >
> > I would like to be able to make sure that the value passed to
> > pfMultipipe() is in range for the system an app is executing on.
> >
> > Does anyone know a system command that will return the maximum number of
> > pipes in a system?
> >
> > -Allen
>
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