Re: thread-safety (was: gtk_timeout_add)

["Christopher T. Lansdown" <lansdoct screech cs alfred edu>]

Daniel,
	While what havoc said about Gtk+ not technically being thread
safe, it's not far from being thread-safe.  The thread-safety rules go as
follows:
	call g_thread_init() before gtk_main() or any other gtk/gdk/glib 
calls.
	When using gtk/gdk calls, always surround them with
gdk_threads_enter() and gdk_threads_leave().
	That's it.  You can now make Gtk/gdk calls from any thread, no
making only one thread do the calls.  I've verified that this works, too.
Of course, gdk_threads_enter() and gdk_threads_leave() is a bit of typing
overhead, but it is worth it, believe me.  While this is technically not
thread-safe behavior (since thread-safety means that the gtk/gdk calls do
this themslef), it is close enough in practice, I think. :-)
	-Chris

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