diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs index 0797891f..575a498e 100644 --- a/src/lib.rs +++ b/src/lib.rs @@ -2,10 +2,18 @@ //! //! # Building a window //! -//! There are two ways to create a window: +//! Before you can build a window, you first need to build an `EventsLoop`. This is done with the +//! `EventsLoop::new()` function. Example: //! -//! - Calling `Window::new()`. -//! - Calling `let builder = WindowBuilder::new()` then `builder.build()`. +//! ```no_run +//! use winit::EventsLoop; +//! let events_loop = EventsLoop::new(); +//! ``` +//! +//! Once this is done there are two ways to create a window: +//! +//! - Calling `Window::new(&events_loop)`. +//! - Calling `let builder = WindowBuilder::new()` then `builder.build(&events_loop)`. //! //! The first way is the simpliest way and will give you default values for everything. //! @@ -14,11 +22,58 @@ //! //! # Events handling //! -//! Once a window has been created, you can handle the events that it generates. There are two ways -//! to do so: with `poll_events` or with `wait_events`. The former returns an iterator that ends -//! when no event is available, and the latter returns an iterator that blocks and waits for events -//! if none is available. Depending on which kind of program you're writing, you usually choose -//! one or the other. +//! Once a window has been created, it will *generate events*. For example whenever the user moves +//! the window, resizes the window, moves the mouse, etc. an event is generated. +//! +//! The events generated by a window can be retreived from the `EventsLoop` the window was created +//! with. +//! +//! There are two ways to do so. The first is to call `events_loop.poll_events(...)`, which will +//! retreive all the events pending on the windows and immediately return after no new event is +//! available. You usually want to use this method in application that render continuously on the +//! screen, such as video games. +//! +//! ```no_run +//! use winit::Event; +//! use winit::WindowEvent; +//! # use winit::EventsLoop; +//! # let events_loop = EventsLoop::new(); +//! +//! loop { +//! events_loop.poll_events(|event| { +//! match event { +//! Event::WindowEvent { event: WindowEvent::Resized(w, h), .. } => { +//! println!("The window was resized to {}x{}", w, h); +//! }, +//! _ => () +//! } +//! }); +//! } +//! ``` +//! +//! The second way is to call `events_loop.run_forever(...)`. As its name tells, it will run +//! forever unless it is stopped by calling `events_loop.interrupt()`. +//! +//! ```no_run +//! use winit::Event; +//! use winit::WindowEvent; +//! # use winit::EventsLoop; +//! # let events_loop = EventsLoop::new(); +//! +//! events_loop.run_forever(|event| { +//! match event { +//! Event::WindowEvent { event: WindowEvent::Closed, .. } => { +//! println!("The window was closed ; stopping"); +//! events_loop.interrupt(); +//! }, +//! _ => () +//! } +//! }); +//! ``` +//! +//! If you use multiple windows, the `WindowEvent` event has a member named `window_id`. You can +//! compare it with the value returned by the `id()` method of `Window` in order to know which +//! window has received the event. //! //! # Drawing on the window //! @@ -86,22 +141,29 @@ pub mod os; /// # Example /// /// ```no_run +/// use winit::Event; +/// use winit::EventsLoop; /// use winit::Window; -/// let window = Window::new().unwrap(); +/// use winit::WindowEvent; /// -/// loop { -/// for event in window.wait_events() { -/// match event { -/// // process events here -/// _ => () -/// } +/// let events_loop = EventsLoop::new(); +/// let window = Window::new(&events_loop).unwrap(); +/// +/// events_loop.run_forever(|event| { +/// match event { +/// Event::WindowEvent { event: WindowEvent::Closed, .. } => { +/// events_loop.interrupt(); +/// }, +/// _ => () /// } -/// } +/// }); /// ``` pub struct Window { window: platform::Window2, } +/// Provides a way to retreive events from the windows that were registered to it. +// TODO: document usage in multiple threads pub struct EventsLoop { events_loop: Arc, } @@ -114,6 +176,8 @@ impl EventsLoop { } } + /// Fetches all the events that are pending, calls the callback function for each of them, + /// and returns. #[inline] pub fn poll_events(&self, callback: F) where F: FnMut(Event) @@ -121,6 +185,7 @@ impl EventsLoop { self.events_loop.poll_events(callback) } + /// Runs forever until `interrupt()` is called. Whenever an event happens, calls the callback. #[inline] pub fn run_forever(&self, callback: F) where F: FnMut(Event) @@ -128,6 +193,8 @@ impl EventsLoop { self.events_loop.run_forever(callback) } + /// If we called `run_forever()`, stops the process of waiting for events. + // TODO: what if we're waiting from multiple threads? #[inline] pub fn interrupt(&self) { self.events_loop.interrupt() diff --git a/src/window.rs b/src/window.rs index 49ba7a31..77f0016a 100644 --- a/src/window.rs +++ b/src/window.rs @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ impl WindowBuilder { impl Window { /// Creates a new OpenGL context, and a Window for platforms where this is appropriate. /// - /// This function is equivalent to `WindowBuilder::new().build()`. + /// This function is equivalent to `WindowBuilder::new().build(events_loop)`. /// /// Error should be very rare and only occur in case of permission denied, incompatible system, /// out of memory, etc.