OpenURL Bug in Linux, now with sample code!

Here's the quick hack... Mark will probably want to implement it properly. (Mark, can't we just have a normal background thread running, rather than spewing out 1000 SIGALRMs every second, please? Both my VMs barf on it).

Anyhoo :-)

In BRL.mod/blitz.mod/blitz_app.h, add this line after the bbStartup(...

void bbset_time_interval(int ms);

In BRL.mod/blitz.mod/blitz.app.c, look for the function "static void set_time_interval..."
After it, add this little function :

void bbset_time_interval(int ms) {
  set_time_interval(ms);
}

In BRL.mod/system.mod/system.linux.bmx, at the bottom is the OpenURL method.
Before the If statement, add :

bbset_time_interval(0)

and, after the EndIf statement, add :

bbset_time_interval(1)

One last thing...

At the bottom of that file, you need to add an extern :

Extern
    Function bbset_time_interval(n:int)
End Extern

Remember, this is a Linux-only fix. If you add the code as described and then try to build this on anything other than Linux, it probably won't compile (you have been warned ;-)

If in doubt, back up first... or better yet, don't start hacking at the modules!!


:o)

Enjoy