Added event queue to handle events at the end of the event processing cycle.

common/tool/action_manager.cpp

@@ -89,24 +89,14 @@ int ACTION_MANAGER::MakeActionId( const std::string& aActionName )
 }
 
 
-bool ACTION_MANAGER::RunAction( const std::string& aActionName ) const
+TOOL_ACTION* ACTION_MANAGER::FindAction( const std::string& aActionName ) const
 {
     std::map<std::string, TOOL_ACTION*>::const_iterator it = m_actionNameIndex.find( aActionName );
 
-    if( it == m_actionNameIndex.end() )
-        return false; // no action with given name found
+    if( it != m_actionNameIndex.end() )
+        return it->second;
 
-    RunAction( it->second );
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-
-void ACTION_MANAGER::RunAction( const TOOL_ACTION* aAction ) const
-{
-    TOOL_EVENT event = aAction->MakeEvent();
-
-    m_toolMgr->ProcessEvent( event );
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 
@@ -153,6 +143,8 @@ bool ACTION_MANAGER::RunHotKey( int aHotKey ) const
 
         if( tool )
         {
+            // Choose the action that goes to the tool with highest priority
+            // (i.e. is on the top of active tools stack)
             priority = m_toolMgr->GetPriority( tool->GetId() );
 
             if( priority >= 0 && priority > highestPriority )
@@ -163,13 +155,16 @@ bool ACTION_MANAGER::RunHotKey( int aHotKey ) const
         }
     }
 
-    if( !global && !context )   // currently there is no valid action to run
-        return false;
-
     if( context )
-        RunAction( context );
-    else if( global )
-        RunAction( global );
-
+    {
+        m_toolMgr->RunAction( *context, true );
         return true;
+    }
+    else if( global )
+    {
+        m_toolMgr->RunAction( *global, true );
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
 }

common/tool/tool_manager.cpp

@@ -290,15 +290,40 @@ void TOOL_MANAGER::UnregisterAction( TOOL_ACTION* aAction )
 }
 
 
-bool TOOL_MANAGER::RunAction( const std::string& aActionName )
+bool TOOL_MANAGER::RunAction( const std::string& aActionName, bool aNow )
 {
-    return m_actionMgr->RunAction( aActionName );
+    TOOL_ACTION* action = m_actionMgr->FindAction( aActionName );
+
+    if( action )
+    {
+        if( aNow )
+        {
+            TOOL_EVENT event = action->MakeEvent();
+            ProcessEvent( event );
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            PostEvent( action->MakeEvent() );
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
 }
 
 
-void TOOL_MANAGER::RunAction( const TOOL_ACTION& aAction )
+void TOOL_MANAGER::RunAction( const TOOL_ACTION& aAction, bool aNow )
 {
-    m_actionMgr->RunAction( &aAction );
+    if( aNow )
+    {
+        TOOL_EVENT event = aAction.MakeEvent();
+        ProcessEvent( event );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        PostEvent( aAction.MakeEvent() );
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -424,6 +449,8 @@ optional<TOOL_EVENT> TOOL_MANAGER::ScheduleWait( TOOL_BASE* aTool,
 {
     TOOL_STATE* st = m_toolState[aTool];
 
+    assert( !st->pendingWait ); // everything collapses on two Yield() in a row
+
     // indicate to the manager that we are going to sleep and we shall be
     // woken up when an event matching aConditions arrive
     st->pendingWait = true;
@@ -477,7 +504,7 @@ void TOOL_MANAGER::dispatchInternal( TOOL_EVENT& aEvent )
             {
                 if( tr.first.Matches( aEvent ) )
                 {
-                    // no tool context allocated yet? Create one.
+                    // if there is already a context, then store it
                     if( st->cofunc )
                         st->Push();
 
@@ -590,6 +617,14 @@ bool TOOL_MANAGER::ProcessEvent( TOOL_EVENT& aEvent )
     dispatchActivation( aEvent );
     dispatchContextMenu( aEvent );
 
+    // Dispatch queue
+    while( !m_eventQueue.empty() )
+    {
+        TOOL_EVENT event = m_eventQueue.front();
+        m_eventQueue.pop_front();
+        ProcessEvent( event );
+    }
+
     if( m_view->IsDirty() )
     {
         PCB_EDIT_FRAME* f = static_cast<PCB_EDIT_FRAME*>( GetEditFrame() );

include/tool/action_manager.h

@@ -75,20 +75,12 @@ public:
     static int MakeActionId( const std::string& aActionName );
 
     /**
-     * Function RunAction()
-     * Runs an action with a given name (if there is one available).
-     * @param aActionName is the name of action to be run.
-     * @return True if there was an action associated with the name, false otherwise.
+     * Function FindAction()
+     * Finds an action with a given name (if there is one available).
+     * @param aActionName is the searched action.
+     * @return Pointer to a TOOL_ACTION object or NULL if there is no such action.
      */
-    bool RunAction( const std::string& aActionName ) const;
-
-    /**
-     * Function RunAction()
-     * Prepares an appropriate event and sends it to the destination specified in a TOOL_ACTION
-     * object.
-     * @param aAction is the action to be run.
-     */
-    void RunAction( const TOOL_ACTION* aAction ) const;
+    TOOL_ACTION* FindAction( const std::string& aActionName ) const;
 
     /**
      * Function RunHotKey()

include/tool/tool_manager.h

@@ -106,17 +106,21 @@ public:
      * Runs the specified action. The common format for action names is "application.ToolName.Action".
      *
      * @param aActionName is the name of action to be invoked.
-     * @return True if the action finished successfully, false otherwise.
+     * @param aNow decides if the action has to be run immediately or after the current coroutine
+     * is preemptied.
+     * @return False if the action was not found.
      */
-    bool RunAction( const std::string& aActionName );
+    bool RunAction( const std::string& aActionName, bool aNow = false );
 
     /**
      * Function RunAction()
      * Runs the specified action.
      *
      * @param aAction is the action to be invoked.
+     * @param aNow decides if the action has to be run immediately or after the current coroutine
+     * is preemptied.
      */
-    void RunAction( const TOOL_ACTION& aAction );
+    void RunAction( const TOOL_ACTION& aAction, bool aNow = false );
 
     /**
      * Function FindTool()
@@ -158,11 +162,20 @@ public:
     void ResetTools( TOOL_BASE::RESET_REASON aReason );
 
     /**
-     * Takes an event from the TOOL_DISPATCHER and propagates it to
-     * tools that requested events of matching type(s)
+     * Propagates an event to tools that requested events of matching type(s).
+     * @param aEvent is the event to be processed.
      */
     bool ProcessEvent( TOOL_EVENT& aEvent );
 
+    /**
+     * Puts an event to the event queue to be processed at the end of event processing cycle.
+     * @param aEvent is the event to be put into the queue.
+     */
+    inline void PostEvent( const TOOL_EVENT& aEvent )
+    {
+        m_eventQueue.push_back( aEvent );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the work environment (model, view, view controls and the parent window).
      * These are made available to the tool. Called by the parent frame (PCB_EDIT_FRAME)
@@ -177,17 +190,17 @@ public:
         return m_view;
     }
 
-    KIGFX::VIEW_CONTROLS* GetViewControls() const
+    inline KIGFX::VIEW_CONTROLS* GetViewControls() const
     {
         return m_viewControls;
     }
 
-    EDA_ITEM* GetModel() const
+    inline EDA_ITEM* GetModel() const
     {
         return m_model;
     }
 
-    wxWindow* GetEditFrame() const
+    inline wxWindow* GetEditFrame() const
     {
         return m_editFrame;
     }
@@ -197,7 +210,7 @@ public:
      * (was invoked the most recently).
      * @return Id of the currently used tool.
      */
-    int GetCurrentToolId() const
+    inline int GetCurrentToolId() const
     {
         return m_activeTools.front();
     }
@@ -207,7 +220,7 @@ public:
      * (was invoked the most recently).
      * @return Pointer to the currently used tool.
      */
-    TOOL_BASE* GetCurrentTool() const
+    inline TOOL_BASE* GetCurrentTool() const
     {
         return FindTool( GetCurrentToolId() );
     }
@@ -405,6 +418,9 @@ private:
     KIGFX::VIEW_CONTROLS* m_viewControls;
     wxWindow* m_editFrame;
 
+    /// Queue that stores events to be processed at the end of the event processing cycle.
+    std::list<TOOL_EVENT> m_eventQueue;
+
     /// Flag saying if the currently processed event should be passed to other tools.
     bool m_passEvent;
 };

pcbnew/router/router_tool.cpp

@@ -404,11 +404,7 @@ void ROUTER_TOOL::handleCommonEvents( TOOL_EVENT& aEvent )
         bds.SetCustomViaDrill( m_router->Settings().GetViaDrill() );
         bds.UseCustomTrackViaSize( true );
 
-        // TODO Should be done another way, but RunAction() won't work here. As the ROUTER_TOOL
-        // did not call Wait(), it does not wait for events and therefore the sent event
-        // won't arrive here
-        TOOL_EVENT event = COMMON_ACTIONS::trackViaSizeChanged.MakeEvent();
-        handleCommonEvents( event );
+        m_toolMgr->RunAction( COMMON_ACTIONS::trackViaSizeChanged );
     }
 
     else if( aEvent.IsAction( &COMMON_ACTIONS::trackViaSizeChanged ) )

pcbnew/tools/edit_tool.cpp

@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ wxPoint EDIT_TOOL::getModificationPoint( const SELECTION& aSelection )
 bool EDIT_TOOL::makeSelection( const SELECTION& aSelection )
 {
     if( aSelection.Empty() )                        // Try to find an item that could be modified
-        m_toolMgr->RunAction( COMMON_ACTIONS::selectionSingle );
+        m_toolMgr->RunAction( COMMON_ACTIONS::selectionSingle, true );
 
     return !aSelection.Empty();
 }