Gus Koppel wrote: > Vladimir wrote: > > > There are two uses of GTK+ in non-main threads: > > 1. error reporting via message boxes and > > 2. adding text (which comes from network) to GUI windows. > > Btw, if you don't use modal message box dialogs then there is absolutely > no need to use multiple threads (aka one to receive, the other one to > display) at all. One single thread can perfectly handle this chain of > actions: > - wait for data from network and receive into buffer if there's any > - add received buffer data to a text display > - open a (non-modal) message box to report errors if there are any > > The non-modality of the dialog assures that reception anmd display of > incoming data would continue at the same time.
Sorry for talking with myself, but I think that in fact it doesn't matter whether there's a non-modal or modal dialog. Single-threaded, asynchronous data reception and visualization (inside a main window) can still be accomplished, since a modal dialog should not block input sources or idle or timeout handlers of a main loop, if I'm not mistaken. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
