On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 08:54:41 +0100, Benoît Touron wrote: > Miguel, > > The easiest way is to use threads (the Glib API is conveniant and Easiest way is to use explicit invocations to Gtk::Main::iteration or idle handlers. You don't have to bother about synchronization that way. > portable). Whith processes, you will fall into inter-process > communication problems. > You time consuming action should be processed by a separate thread, > which can be blocked without freezing your GUI. Nevertheless, all of the > GUI items must be managed by one single thread thread (the main thread). > If you need your second thread to update a progress bar, then you should > use the Glib::dispatcher object to send a message to your main thread, > which will actually update the progress bar. If you try to modify the > progress bar directly from the second thread, you program will crash, > today or tomorrow. > > Ben > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Hi all. > > > >One of my application actions is time consuming, and I want to be > >lauched in a separate process/thread, with it's own dialog and its own > >progress bar. I don't want the GUI to get freezed waiting that action to > >complete (ugly!) > > > >So, what's the best way to get this? Must I use glibmm threads? Maybe > >forking is enough?? Maybe i must not fork... maybe it can be done using > >one single thread... I'm asking because related documentation is very > >sparse, and I'm lost. > > > >What are your advices? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) > >Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > >iD8DBQFB7IpbZSBU6dC79g0RAioCAJwNLkWFYn2wNwcAQFLk9r5q54wBGACaAp8z > >t5e1djGFMp8GRiOIOWGFkzo= > >=tA6z > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ > >gtkmm-list mailing list > >gtkmm-list gnome org > >http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gtkmm-list mailing list > gtkmm-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtkmm-list > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>
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