Michael McCann wrote:
> Michael R. Head wrote:
>> Does your special function take time to do its job? If so, then that
>> would be why. For example:
>>
>> ...
>> while(1) {
>> gdk_threads_enter();
>> sleep(1)
>> gdk_threads_leave();
>> sleep(10)
>> };
>> ...
>>
>> you'd freeze your app for a second every 10 seconds.
>
> Ahh, ok. How else can I accomplish my goal, then? I need to give GTK the
> lock, as I'm calling GDK from another function not in the main GTK loop.
> I tried leaving out gdk_threads_enter()/leave() in the CPU-intensive
> function, but X gives me errors.
Don't use gdk in the CPU-intensive function:
while(1) {
sleep(1);
do_time_consuming_task();
gdk_threads_enter();
update_ui();
gdk_threads_leave();
}
You may need to factor out some code, but this is the right (read: only)
way to do it if you don't want to block the UI.
-brian
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