thank you for the useful information, is there a way i can give user an option to break the thread, like cancel button.
--- "Brian J. Tarricone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Yogesh M wrote: > > One of the function take long time and blocks > gtk_main. I dont want to put it in thread because it > contains some part of the code which draws[drawing > is not allowed in thread]. is there any way i can > make user to interrupt the thread and break it. > > You have three options: > > 1) Use a separate thread, and communicate with the > main thread with a > GAsyncQueue, and continue to do drawing in the main > thread. > > 2) Initialise the glib/gdk thread systems before > calling gtk_init(), do > your processing in another thread, and surround > calls to gtk/gdk with > gdk_threads_enter() and gdk_threads_leave() > > 3) Keep it the way you have now, but do: > while(gtk_events_pending()) > gtk_main_iteration(); > every now and then to process events and redraw > windows as needed. > > The API docs and tutorials will be helpful in the > former two cases. > > -brian > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFC8kuH6XyW6VEeAnsRAjhBAJ9kZiinHh1FVeYseWCZ4tPfdJPGWACgpCST > 12hLqX2uy1gxKKID3W+0HCA= > =xR1J > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
