winit/README.md
Francesca Frangipane eadd9a19b2
Replace Closed event with CloseRequested and Destroyed (#476)
* Replace Closed event with CloseRequested and Destroyed

Implements #434

The existing Closed event had ambiguous meaning, both in name and in
cross-platform behavior. Closed is now split into two more precise events:

* CloseRequested - the window has been requested to close, most commonly by
having clicked the window's close button. Whether or not you respond by
closing the window is up to you.

* Destroyed - the window has been destroyed, and can no longer be safely
used.

Most notably, now you can reliably implement classic patterns like
prompting the user to save their work before closing, and have the
opportunity to perform any necessary cleanup.

Migrating to the new API is straightforward. In most cases, you can simply
replace all existing usages of Closed with CloseRequested. For more
information, see the example programs, particularly handling_close and
multiwindow.

iOS applications must replace all usages of Closed with Destroyed, and
require no other changes.
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# winit - Cross-platform window creation and management in Rust
[![](http://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/winit)](https://crates.io/crates/winit)
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```toml
[dependencies]
winit = "0.7"
```
## [Documentation](https://docs.rs/winit)
## Usage
Winit is a window creation and management library. It can create windows and lets you handle
events (for example: the window being resized, a key being pressed, a mouse movement, etc.)
produced by window.
Winit is designed to be a low-level brick in a hierarchy of libraries. Consequently, in order to
show something on the window you need to use the platform-specific getters provided by winit, or
another library.
```rust
extern crate winit;
fn main() {
let mut events_loop = winit::EventsLoop::new();
let window = winit::Window::new(&events_loop).unwrap();
events_loop.run_forever(|event| {
match event {
winit::Event::WindowEvent {
event: winit::WindowEvent::CloseRequested,
..
} => winit::ControlFlow::Break,
_ => winit::ControlFlow::Continue,
}
});
}
```
### Platform-specific usage
#### Emscripten and WebAssembly
Building a binary will yield a `.js` file. In order to use it in an HTML file, you need to:
- Put a `<canvas id="my_id"></canvas>` element somewhere. A canvas corresponds to a winit "window".
- Write a Javascript code that creates a global variable named `Module`. Set `Module.canvas` to
the element of the `<canvas>` element (in the example you would retrieve it via `document.getElementById("my_id")`).
More information [here](https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/module.html).
- Make sure that you insert the `.js` file generated by Rust after the `Module` variable is created.