Re: KDE Mail client

["Felix E. Klee" <felix klee inka de>]

devraj sanyal wrote:
> Has anyone observed that when KDE mail client tries to recieve
> mails the window gets disabled and buttons and text boxes are
> not visible till the mails are downloaded. Similar things happen
> with yahoo messenger when logon is clicked and it tries to
> connect to yahoo.
> 
> can anyone please tell me why this behaviour is there.
> because i am also facing such problems can anyone suggest any clues.

I know neither KDE mail nor Yahoo messenger. However, I guess that both
programs don't use multithreading. To avoid such behaviour you should
execute tasks like receiving mails in the background by using a new
thread. To find out how this can be done, take a look at the GTK+ FAQ:
http://www.gtk.org/faq/#AEN462

Regards

Felix