Re: Multi-threaded UI Freezes on GDK Call

[Michael McCann <naetrick comcast net>]

Tomas Carnecky wrote:
> Michael McCann wrote:
> > Michael R. Head wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 17:14 -0500, Michael R. Head wrote:
> > >  
> > > > I assume you meant
> > > >
> > > >     g_threads_init();
> > > >     gdk_threads_init();
> > > >     gtk_init();
> > > >         gdk_threads_enter();
> > > >     gtk_main();
> > > >     gdk_threads_leave();
> > > >
> > > > right?
> > > >     
> > Yes, that is correct. :)
> > > Does your special function take time to do its job? If so, then that
> > > would be why. For example:
> > >
> > > ...
> > > while(1) {
> > > gdk_threads_enter();
> > > sleep(1)
> > > gdk_threads_leave();
> > > sleep(10)
> > > };
> > > ...
> > >
> > > you'd freeze your app for a second every 10 seconds.
> > >
> > >
> > >   
> >
> > Ahh, ok. How else can I accomplish my goal, then? I need to give GTK the 
>
> Which goal? Describe what your app is supposed to do.
>
> tom
I want to fix the issue of the UI freezing when the CPU-intensive 
function, which is on a separate thread and calls GDK, is executed.