Re: signals and threads

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

Dmitry A. Yanko wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 01:50:40PM -0500, Tristan Van Berkom wrote:
[...]
> My app architecture:
>
> Main:
> 	g_thread_init();
> 	gdk_threads_init();
> 	
> Thread_A:
> 	gtk_init();
> 	gtk_main();
> 	
> Thread_B:
> 	g_idle_add(); - create window, set and unset signal handlers
> 	direct texbuffer manipulation

May I just ask why you think you need to use threads in the
first place ?

> I create thread B on external event, and need to shutdown it on the user
> action. Then my app waits for another external event or many.
> BTW, Can i use pthread calls? Or i need to use only glib thread support?

Its better to use the gthread api only; while using pthreads directly
might work, it wont be portable & it wont be garaunteed to work
properly either.


Cheers,
                     -Tristan