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+# This file is part of NIT ( http://www.nitlanguage.org ).
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Services from GDK
+module gdk is pkgconfig "gtk+-3.0"
+
+import gtk_core
+
+`{
+#ifdef GdkCallback_run
+ // Callback to GdkCallaback::run
+ gboolean nit_gdk_callback(gpointer user_data) {
+ GdkCallback_decr_ref(user_data);
+ return GdkCallback_run(user_data);
+ }
+#endif
+`}
+
+# Callback to pass to `gdk_threads_add_idle`
+class GdkCallback
+
+ # Small unit of code executed by the GDK loop when idle
+ #
+ # Returns true if this object should be invoked again.
+ fun run: Bool do return false
+end
+
+# Add a callback to execute whenever there are no higher priority events pending
+fun gdk_threads_add_idle(callback: GdkCallback): Int import GdkCallback.run `{
+ GdkCallback_incr_ref(callback);
+ return gdk_threads_add_idle(&nit_gdk_callback, callback);
+`}