Re: GUI very slow when sleep() called...

[Michael PATRIS <michael patris etca alcatel be>]

cyrusp@cia.com.au wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In an app I'm writing I have to put a usleep(100000) call in my
> code. However when I do this my gui becomes very slow and unresponsive -
> understandibly since I'm doing it in the gtk_main loop...
>
> Is there a way to sleep but refresh the gui at the same time?
>
> Thanks,
> Cyrus
>
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I am not sure it is the rigth way but it works:

  /* Wait the end of the ATM Bit-Error-Rate measure */
  return_code = wait_stopber();
  while ( return_code && (timer < TIME_OUT) )
    {
      update_display(); /* Refresh display & and update widgets's state */
      usleep(500000);   /* Just sleep 1/2 sec to see */
      return_code = wait_stopber(); /* Ask again the results */
      timer++;
    }

Could someone correct me if I am wrong.
THX
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