include/Mw/LowLevel/Cocoa.h

@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@
 - (NSView *)getView;
 - (MilskoCocoaWindow *)getWindow;
 - (MilskoFakePointer *)getHandle;
-+ (void)eventCanceller:(MilskoCocoa *)this;
 
 @end
 #define OBJC(x) x

src/backend/cocoa.m

@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ static NSPoint pointFlip(NSPoint point) {
       [c->application
           setActivationPolicy:0 /* NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular */];
     }
-    [c->window makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];
     [c->application activateIgnoringOtherApps:true];
     [c->window makeFirstResponder:c->view];
+    [c->window makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];
   }
   [c->application setDelegate:[[MilskoCocoaApplicationDelegate alloc]
                                   initWithAppl:c->application]];
@@ -172,13 +172,6 @@ static NSPoint pointFlip(NSPoint point) {
 
   return c;
 }
-+ (void)eventCanceller:(MilskoCocoa *)this {
-  this->lastEvent = [this->application currentEvent];
-  [this eventProcess:this->lastEvent];
-
-  [[NSApplication sharedApplication] stop:nil];
-}
-
 - (void)polygonWithPoints:(MwPoint *)points
              points_count:(int)points_count
                     color:(MwLLColor)color {
@@ -276,29 +269,42 @@ static NSPoint pointFlip(NSPoint point) {
   [self forceRender];
 };
 - (int)pending {
-  /*
+  NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
-    ok so this is a crime against god but I did in fact try the better method
+  MwBool isPending = MwFALSE;
-    of using nextEventMatchingMask and then pumping events manually. However
+  if (_forceRender) {
-    this gives me something that only kind of works, with strange behavior such
+    _forceRender = MwFALSE;
-    as the window never becoming the main window (have to make it key in order
+    [pool release];
-    for the menu to show up) occuring. Hours of research and digging led me down
+    return 1;
-    a rabbit hole that, on all sides, pointed to "just use [NSApplication run]".
+  }
-    So we just to do that; of course, this is a blocking function, so we
+  self->lastEvent = [self->window nextEventMatchingMask:NSAnyEventMask
-    register this function that instantly cancels it and pumps whatever event
+                                              untilDate:[NSDate distantPast]
-    MacOS has in store for us. We do this on loop and somehow the resulting CPU
+                                                 inMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode
-    usage is managable.
+                                                dequeue:YES];
 
-    If some Apple developer with 20 years of experience in Objective C is here:
+  isPending = self->lastEvent != NULL;
-    Pls god send PR if you know how to properly do this.
+  [pool release];
-*/
+  return isPending;
-  [MilskoCocoa performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(eventCanceller:)
-                                withObject:self
-                             waitUntilDone:NO];
-  [self->application run];
-  return 1;
 };
 
 - (void)getNextEvent {
+  [self eventProcess:self->lastEvent];
+  while (true) {
+    NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+    NSEvent *ev = [self->window nextEventMatchingMask:NSAnyEventMask
+                                            untilDate:[NSDate distantPast]
+                                               inMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode
+                                              dequeue:YES];
+    if (!ev) {
+      [pool release];
+      break;
+    }
+    /* run through the switch case on ev.type, before calling sendEvent on any
+     * events we handle */
+    [self eventProcess:ev];
+    [pool release];
+    [self->application updateWindows];
+  }
+
   [self sendClipboardEvent];
 
   if (self->pointerLocked && [self->window isMainWindow]) {