KhronosGroup / KhronosGroup/OpenXR-Docs
Get a file descriptor for manual event polling
- Dominant language
- Python
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- 181
- Forks
- 74
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Description
Right now the only way to get the events is to call the function `xrPollEvent`. It would be quite handy to be able to retrieve a pollable file descriptor (FD for short) from OpenXR and integrate it into another event loop, such as [wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org/docs/html/apc.html#Server-structwl__event__source_1a0e7ce1f52dfe04c73b6a7c2263c7ef25) or simply [epoll](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/epoll.7.html).
I would be interested to work on such extension, if it is deemed useful.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the existing OpenXR event API around xrPollEvent and the requirements for integrating with Wayland or epoll. Define the proposed extension and its platform behavior; done means a documented, accepted design for retrieving a pollable file descriptor and using it for manual event polling.
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Assessment
- Domain
- api, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100