gtk+ and pthread

["Ro Stellar" <ro_stellar hotmail com>]

I am currently writing an application which, among other things, needs to 
continually receive data over a UDP connection and display this data in a 
gtk pixmap.  I am having problems running  pthread_create()  (for receiving 
data via UDP) and gtk_main()  (for display and other buttons) at the same 
time.

As an alternative, I would like to do the following:
1. Put the UDP receive code into a callback function for a button
2. Associate this function with the click event for a button that will be 
created but not displayed
3. And... before I call gtk_main() set something so that this button always 
appears to be clicked or at least being clicked a few times a second or 
greater

Is this, specifically the third step, possible?  If so, a push/kick in the 
right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
David


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