UI initialization and the event loop
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An UI backend is required to define a method on the (with-ui) word. This word should contain backend initialization, together with some boilerplate:
The above word must call the following:
The (with-ui) word must not return until the event loop has stopped and the UI has been shut down.
IN: shells
: ui
... backend-specific initialization ...
start-ui
... more backend-specific initialization ...
... start event loop here ... ;
The above word must call the following:
start-ui ( quot -- )
The (with-ui) word must not return until the event loop has stopped and the UI has been shut down.