host_window.anubis 27.4 KB
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717

                                  The Anubis Project. 
   
                              A Widget System (4th version). 
                         Opening a host window containing widgets. 
   
                             Copyright (c) Alain Proute' 2005. 
   
   
   Authors: Alain Proute'
   
   
   This file  is the right entry point  if you want to  open a host window  (window of the
   host operating system) containing  a tree of widgets. If you want  to create a new kind
   of widget, see 'widget.anubis' in the same directory.
   
   
   ------------------------------------ Table of Contents --------------------------------
   
   *** (1) Creating a host window containing a tree of widgets. 
      *** (1.1) Host window states. 
      *** (1.2) Opening the window. 
   
   *** (2) The content of the window. 
   
   *** (3) The state of the machine. 
   
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   
read tools/basis.anubis 
read system/string.anubis   
read widget.anubis   

   
   
   *** (1) Creating a host window containing a tree of widgets. 
   
   In this file several variants of  the function 'open_host_window' are defined. When one
   of them is executed,  a window of the host operating system  is opened, and its content
   (a tree of widgets) is displayed.
   
   
      *** (1.1) Host window states. 
   
   We  define  'host window  states'  (not  to be  confused  with  'state variables';  see
   below). They are of the following type:
   
   
public type WidgetHostWindowState:
   host_window_state
     (
       Var(Word32)                       window_width_v,     // size of host window
       Var(Word32)                       window_height_v,
       Var(Word32)                       window_x_v,         // position on screen
       Var(Word32)                       window_y_v,
       Var(String)                      title_v             // title of host window
     ). 
   
   Widgets may read  the content of these  variables.  They may also assign  new values to
   these variable, to get the corresponding effect. 
   
   
   
      *** (1.2) Opening the window. 
   
   When the  host window is opened,  a host window  state is created, which  needs initial
   values.  Actually, you provide  only the  root widget,  the position  ('x' and  'y') on
   screen and the title. The initial size  of the host window is computed according to the
   initial size of the root widget.
   
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       Widget                              root,             // content of host window
       Word32                               x,                // initial position on screen
       Word32                               y, 
       String                              title             // initial title
     ). 
   
   If your widget needs to use the host window state, use the following:
   
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       WidgetHostWindowState -> Widget     root,             // content of host window
       Word32                               x,                // initial position on screen
       Word32                               y, 
       String                              title             // initial title
     ). 
   
   
   Below are variants which centers the window on the screen when it is created: 
   
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       Widget                              root,             // content of host window
       String                              title
     ). 
   
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       WidgetHostWindowState -> Widget     root,             // content of host window
       String                              title
     ). 
   
   
   
   
   *** (2) The content of the window. 
   
   Various sorts of widgets are defined  in the files of the directory 'library/widgets4'.
   You  can construct  the  content of  the host  window  using these  widgets. There  are
   'tables', 'buttons', 'input fields', 'images', etc...  For each kind of widget, see the
   public part of the corresponding file.
   
   The widget you construct  may receive the host window state when  the window is opened,
   so that widgets have access to the variables in the host window state.
   
   
   
   
   
   *** (3) The state of the machine. 
   
   The role of  the widgets is to show  and allow the modification of the  'state' of some
   'machine'.  This state should be stored  into a set of dynamic variables. These dynamic
   variables  must be  monitored  so  that the  widgets  may reflect  this  state in  real
   time. For the reason that widgets  are highly interdependant, this monitoring cannot be
   performed by the widgets  themself. It must be performed by the  widget system. This is
   the reason why these variables must be registered in a particular way.
   
   You should  create the state variables and  the content widget before  opening the host
   window. Proceed as follows:
   
   with var_1 = var(...),               // create the state variables
        var_2 =                         // (or get them from anywhere you want)
        ...
        content = create_...(...),      // create a tree of widgets
     open_host_window("My Window",      // open the host window
                      content)
   
   You must create the state variables before the widgets, because the widgets will depend
   on the state variables.  After having  created the variables (or got them from anywhere
   else), you may of course construct several trees of widgets and open several windows.
   
   
   
   --- That's all for the public part ! --------------------------------------------------
   
   
   
   
read tools.anubis   
   
    
   ------------------------------------ Table of Contents --------------------------------
   
   *** [2] The paint method. 
   
   *** [] Handling events. 
      *** [] Translating widget answers into lists of rectangles. 
      *** [] The event handler. 
   
   *** Events compression. 
   
   *** [] Opening the host window.    

   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
   
   
   
   
   
   *** [2] The paint method. 
   
   The host window requires a 'paint  method' of type '(HostWindow,Rectangle) -> One' (see
   'predefined.anubis'). We use  a double buffer technique in order  to void blinking. The
   'double  buffer' is just  an image  in the  format of  the host  system (hence  of type
   'HostImage'). 
   
   Since the  size of the  host window may  change, the size  of the double  buffer should
   change accordingly. However, we don't want to  be faced to a problem of memory when the
   host window is resized. For this reason, we use a fixed size buffer, which is allocated
   (created) when the host window is created. If the host window is either wider or higher
   than the buffer, the buffer is used several  times so as to cover the whole window. So,
   this is a 'moving buffer'. A good compromise may be to create a buffer of the same size
   as the initial size of the (client area) of the host window. 
   
   Painting occurs within  an area which is an union of  rectangles. Indeed, when painting
   is needed, we try to avoid to repaint  the whole window. We repaint only within an area
   as small as  possible. This area is  called the 'clipping area'. Now,  since the window
   may be bigger than the double buffer,  we must divide the window into rectangles of the
   size of the  buffer, and repaint within each rectangle.  Of  course, for each rectangle
   of  this division,  we first  compute the  intersection of  the clipping  area  and the
   rectangle.
   
   In order to  avoid to perform too many  tree walks, we want to handle  one rectangle of
   the division of  the host window with only  one tree walk. For this  reason, the redraw
   functions  of each  widget  receives an  area as  a  list of  rectangles, within  which
   redrawing must  occur. This area (in absolute  coordinates) is stored in  the draw tool
   box (see 'widget.anubis').
   
   Note: the 'root widget'  is assumed to adapt its size automatically  to the size of the
   window. This widget may monitor some variables in the host window state if needed. 
   
read trace.anubis   
   
define (HostWindow,List(Rectangle)) -> One
   widget_paint_method
     (
       HostImage                              buffer, 
       WidgetHostWindowState -> Widget        root,
       WidgetHostWindowState                  the_window_state
     ) =
   (HostWindow win, List(Rectangle) clipping_area) |-> 
   with root_widget = root(the_window_state), 
   //trace(clipping_area); 
      if size(root_widget) is (root_width,root_height) then 
      if size(win) is (win_width,win_height) then 
      (if (win_width = root_width & win_height = root_height)
       then unique
       else resize(win,root_width,root_height)); 
      if size(buffer) is (buffer_width,buffer_height) then 
      with division = divide((Rectangle)rect(0,0,root_width,root_height),
                             buffer_width,buffer_height), 
      map_forget((Rectangle dr) |-> 
          (if dr is rect(bx,by,bu,bv) then 
           with new_clipping = intersection(dr,clipping_area),
           draw(draw_tool_box(buffer,bx,by,0,0,
                              new_clipping))(root_widget,0,0);
           map((Rectangle r) |-> paint_image(win,r,bx,by,buffer),new_clipping)),
        division). 
   
   
   
   
   
   *** [] Handling events. 
   
   Events  of the host  window (as  defined in  'predefined.anubis') are  not the  same as
   widget events  (see 'widget.anubis').  Hence, the  event handler must  first filter the
   host window events, handle some of them, and transmit an appropriate translation of the
   others to  the root widget. When  the answer comes back,  it must be  tranformed into a
   list of rectangles.

   
      *** [] Translating widget answers into lists of rectangles. 
   
define List(Rectangle)
   translate
     (
       HostWindow                                     win,
       WidgetAnswer                                   a,
       Var(Maybe(Var(One)))                           mouse_capture_ticket_v,
       Var(Maybe(Var(One)))                           keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
       Var(WidgetEventCompression)                    compress_v,
       Var(Maybe(WidgetEvent))                        secondary_event_v
     ) =
   if a is 
     {
       not_handled(ar)                then if ar is abs_area(l) then l, 
       handled(ar)                    then if ar is abs_area(l) then l, 
       resized                        then if size(win) is (w,h) then [rect(0,0,w,h)], 
       ignored                        then [],
       want_to_capture_mouse(v,cm,ar) then mouse_capture_ticket_v <- success(v); 
                                           compress_v <- cm; 
                                           //print("Mouse captured.\n"); 
                                           if ar is abs_area(l) then l,
       want_to_capture_keyboard(v,ar) then keyboard_capture_ticket_v <- success(v); 
                                           secondary_event_v <- 
                                             success(keyboard_recaptured((Var(One) t) |-> v = t)); 
                                           if ar is abs_area(l) then l
     }.
   
   
   
   
      *** [] The event handler. 
   
   
define (HostWindow,HostWindowEvent(One)) -> List(Rectangle)
   widget_event_handler
     (
       WidgetHostWindowState -> Widget                root,
       WidgetMVToolBox                                mvtb,
       Var(Maybe(Var(One)))                           mouse_capture_ticket_v,
       Var(Maybe(Var(One)))                           keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
       Var(WidgetEventCompression)                    compress_v,
       Var(Word32)                                     pmx_v, 
       Var(Word32)                                     pmy_v,
       Var(Maybe(WidgetEvent))                        secondary_event,
       WidgetHostWindowState                          the_window_state, 
     ) =  
   // 
   // We store  all rectangles in the  next variable, and only the 'tick' event
   // returns a non empty list of rectangles.  
   // 
   //with  store_v = var((List(Rectangle))[]),
   (HostWindow win, HostWindowEvent(One) we) |->
   with root_widget = root(the_window_state), 
     if we is 
       {
         quit then 
         forget(transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,quit));
         [], 
   
         expose then 
           //
           // The window system will repaint the window after this event. Hence we have 
           // no rectangle to return, but we must update the variables in WidgetHostWindowState
           //
           if the_window_state is host_window_state(ww_v,wh_v,wx_v,wy_v,_) then 
           //print("*ww_v = "+*ww_v+"   *wh_v = "+*wh_v+"\n"); 
           if size(win) is (winw,winh) then (//print("winw = "+winw+"     winh = "+winh+"\n"); 
                                             ww_v <- winw; wh_v <- winh); 
           [],
   
         pointer_entering then 
           //mouse_capture_ticket_v <- failure; 
           [],
   
         pointer_leaving then 
           //mouse_capture_ticket_v <- failure; 
           with result = translate(win,
                            transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,
                                     mouse_gone),
                            mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                            keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                            compress_v,secondary_event), 
           //store_v <- *store_v + result;
           //[], 
           result, 
   
         key_down(ks,kk) then 
           (
             if mouse_left(ks)
             then unique
             else mouse_capture_ticket_v <- failure 
           );
           if *keyboard_capture_ticket_v is 
             {
               failure then [], 
               success(ticket) then 
                 with result = translate(win,
                                 transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,
                                   key_down((Var(One) t) |-> 
                                     if t = ticket
                                     then success((ks,kk))
                                     else failure)),
                                 mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                                 keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                                 compress_v,secondary_event),
                 //store_v <- *store_v + result;
                 //[]
                 result
             },
   
   
         mouse_move(ks,x,y) then 
           (
             if mouse_left(ks)
             then unique
             else mouse_capture_ticket_v <- failure
           );
           if *mouse_capture_ticket_v is 
             {
               failure then 
                 /* mouse is not currently captured */ 
                 with result = translate(win, 
                           transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,
                                    mouse_move(ks,x,y)),
                           mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                           keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                           compress_v,secondary_event),
                 pmx_v <- x; 
                 pmy_v <- y; 
                 //store_v <- *store_v + result;
                 //[], 
                 result, 
   
               success(capture_ticket) then 
                 /* mouse is currently captured */ 
                 with result = translate(win,
                           transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,
                                    captured_mouse_move(
                                       (Var(One) t,
                                        WidgetEventToolBox etb) |-> 
                                          if t = capture_ticket
                                          then (if etb is event_tool_box(win,wx,wy,_,_) then 
                                                success((x-wx,y-wy)))
                                          else failure)),
                           mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                           keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                           compress_v,secondary_event),
                 pmx_v <- x; 
                 pmy_v <- y; 
                 //store_v <- *store_v + result;
                 //[],           
                 result, 
             }, 
   
         mouse_click(ks,mc,x,y) then 
           (
             if mouse_left(ks)
             then unique
             else //print("Mouse released.\n"); 
                  mouse_capture_ticket_v <- failure
           );
           with result = 
             translate(win,
                       transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,
                                      if *mouse_capture_ticket_v is success(ticket)
                                      then (if mc = left_up
                                            then captured_mouse_liberated(
                                              (Var(One) t, WidgetEventToolBox etb) |->
                                                 if t = ticket
                                                 then (if etb is event_tool_box(win,wx,wy,_,_) then 
                                                   success((x-wx,y-wy)))
                                                 else failure)
                                            else mouse_click(ks,mc,x,y))
                                      else mouse_click(ks,mc,x,y)),
                       mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                       keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                       compress_v,secondary_event),
                 pmx_v <- x; 
                 pmy_v <- y; 
                 //store_v <- *store_v + result;
                 //[],    
                 result, 
   
         mouse_wheel(ks,d,x,y) then 
           (
             if mouse_left(ks)
             then unique
             else mouse_capture_ticket_v <- failure
           );
           with result = translate(win,
                     transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,
                              mouse_wheel(ks,d,x,y)),
                     mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                     keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                     compress_v,secondary_event),
                 pmx_v <- x; 
                 pmy_v <- y; 
                 //store_v <- *store_v + result;
                 //[],    
                 result, 
   
         tick then 
           if mvtb is mv_tool_box(add_id,collect) then 
           with l = collect(unique), 
             //with last = 
               //*store_v + 
               if l is 
                 {
                   [ ] then [ ],
                   [_ . _] then 
                     translate(win,
                               transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,0,0))(root_widget,0,0,
                                        changed(l)),
                               mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                               keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                               compress_v,secondary_event)
                 } +
               if *secondary_event is 
                 {
                   failure then [], 
                   success(e) then 
                      secondary_event <- failure; 
                      translate(win,
                         transmit(event_tool_box(win,0,0,*pmx_v,*pmy_v))(root_widget,0,0,e),
                         mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                         keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                         compress_v,secondary_event)
                 },
            //store_v <- []; 
            //last, 
   
         repaint(l) then 
           //store_v <- *store_v + l;
           //[], 
           l, 
   
         specific(se) then 
           []
       }. 
   
   
   
     
    
   
   
   
   *** Events compression. 
   
   Events compression is necessary, because in  general too many window events arrive. The
   generic host  window handler (see  'predefined.anubis') recovers window events  not one
   after  the other  but  all  available events  in  a list  of  events (in  chronological
   order). This list must be optimized (compressed).
   
   The compression  is a kind  of rewritting  of the list.  We have choosen  the following
   rewrite rules:
   
     [expose . t]  --> [expose]          because expose redraws the whole window
     [mouse_move(ks1,x1,y1), mouse_move(ks2,x2,y2) . t] --> [mouse_move(ks2,x2,y2) . t]
   
 define List(HostWindowEvent(One))
   compress_events
     (
       List(HostWindowEvent(One)) l
     ) =
   if l is 
     {
       [ ] then [ ],
       [e1 . es1] then 
         if e1 is expose then [expose] else
         if e1 is pointer_entering then compress_events(es1) else
         if e1 is mouse_move(ks1,x1,y1) then if es1 is 
           {
             [ ] then l,
             [e2 . es2] then if e2 is mouse_move(ks2,x2,y2) 
                             then compress_events(es1)
                             else [e1 . compress_events(es1)]
           }
         else [e1 . compress_events(es1)]
     }.
   
define Bool     
   has_mouse_move
     (
       List(HostWindowEvent(One)) l
     ) =
     if l is 
       {
        [] then false,
        [e . es] then if e is mouse_move(_,_,_) then true else has_mouse_move(es)
       }.            

 
define List(HostWindowEvent(One))     
     compress_events1
       (
         List(HostWindowEvent(One)) l
       ) =
     if l is 
       {
        [] then [], 
        [e . es] then with es1 = compress_events1(es), 
          if e is
            {
             quit                   then [quit], 
             expose                 then [expose],
             pointer_entering       then if member(es1,e) then es1 else [e . es1],
             pointer_leaving        then if member(es1,e) then es1 else [e . es1],
             key_down(_,_)          then [e . es1],
             mouse_move(_,_,_)      then if has_mouse_move(es1) then es1 else [e . es1],
             mouse_click(_,_,_,_)   then [e . es1],
             mouse_wheel(_,_,_,_)   then [e . es1],
             tick                   then [e . es1],
             repaint(_)             then [e . es1],
             specific(_)            then [e . es1]
            }
       }.
   
       
define List(HostWindowEvent(One))     
     compress_events
       (
         List(HostWindowEvent(One)) l
       ) =
    with n = length(l), 
    result = compress_events1(l), 
    //print(n+" ---> "+length(result)+"\n");
    result. 
       
   
   
   
   
       
   
   *** [] Opening the host window. 
   
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       WidgetHostWindowState -> Widget     root,    // content of host window
       Word32                               x,       // coordinates of window on screen
       Word32                               y, 
       String                              title    // title of window
     ) =
   with the_window_state = 
     host_window_state(var((Word32)1000),  // size is updated below
                       var((Word32)700),
                       var(x),
                       var(y),
                       var(title)), 
     root_widget = root(the_window_state), 
     if size(root_widget) is (root_w,root_h) then 
     window_width_v(the_window_state) <- root_w;
     window_height_v(the_window_state) <- root_h;
   
     with          regs = registrations(root_widget)(unique), 
           monitoring_v = var((List(Word32))[]), 
                   mvtb = make_mv_tool_box(monitoring_v), 
       map_forget((WidgetRegistration wrg) |-> if wrg is 
                     registration(f) then f(mvtb),
                  regs); 
   
     with      buffer = to_host_image(create_rgba_image(800,800, 
                                                        rgba(0,0,0,0)),1),
   
     with   mouse_capture_ticket_v = var((Maybe(Var(One)))failure), 
         keyboard_capture_ticket_v = var((Maybe(Var(One)))failure), 
                        compress_v = var(compress), 
   
     with   pmx_v = var((Word32)0), 
            pmy_v = var((Word32)0), 
   
     with secondary_event = var((Maybe(WidgetEvent))failure), 
   
     if open_host_window(rect(x,y,x+root_w,y+root_h),
                         title,
                         managed(resizable), 
   
                         (HostWindow win, List(Rectangle) rs) |->
                           forget(regs); 
                           with start = (UTime)unow, 
                           widget_paint_method(buffer,root,the_window_state)(win,rs),
                           //if unow - start is utime(s,m) then 
                             //print("draw: "+s+","+zero_pad_n(6,m)+" seconds\n"), 

   
                         (HostWindow w, HostWindowEvent(One) e) |-> 
                         with start = (UTime)unow, 
                         result = widget_event_handler(root,
                                              mvtb,
                                              mouse_capture_ticket_v,
                                              keyboard_capture_ticket_v,
                                              compress_v,
                                              pmx_v,
                                              pmy_v,
                                              secondary_event,
                                              the_window_state)(w,e),
                           //if unow - start is utime(s,m) then 
                             //(if e is tick then unique else 
                               //print("event: "+s+","+zero_pad_n(6,m)+" seconds\n"));
                          result, 
   
                       
   
                         (List(HostWindowEvent(One)) l) |-> 
                            if *compress_v is 
                              {
                                compress       then compress_events(l),
                                dont_compress  then l
                              }) is
       {
         failure      then print("Cannot open the window '"+title+"'.\n"); 
                           false, 
         success(win) then //print("Root widget size: "+root_w+" "+root_h+"\n");
                           //print(if size(win) is (w,h) then "Window size: "+w+" "+h+"\n");
                           //print(if screen_size is (w,h) then "Screen size: "+w+" "+h+"\n");
                           show(win); 
                           true
       }.


   
   The variants: 
   
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       Widget                        root,             // content of host window
       Word32                         x,
       Word32                         y, 
       String                        title
     ) =
   open_host_window((WidgetHostWindowState hws) |-> root,x,y,title).
   
   
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       WidgetHostWindowState -> Widget     root,             // content of host window
       String                        title
     ) =
   with the_window_state = 
     host_window_state(var((Word32)1000),  // size is updated below
                       var((Word32)700),
                       var(0),
                       var(0),
                       var(title)), 
     root_widget = root(the_window_state), 
     if size(root_widget) is (rw,rh) then 
     if screen_size is (sw,sh) then 
     open_host_window(root,
                      max(0,(sw-rw)>>1),
                      max(0,(sh-rh)>>1),
                      title). 
        
public define Bool
   open_host_window
     (
       Widget                        root,             // content of host window
       String                        title
     ) =
   open_host_window((WidgetHostWindowState hws) |-> root,title).