Re: Repainting

[Max Lynch <max_lynch sbcglobal net>]

>  Max Lynch schrieb:
> > I have a gtkmm application that needs to handle transferring files.  
> > However, the way I have it right now is that the transfer operation 
> > takes place in a separate thread.  Thus, I am having issues getting the 
> > application to repaint (if it is covered or to increment the progress 
> > bar).  I realize I should turn to a single-threaded approach, but I 
> > don't know how to get back into the main loop to allow gtk to process 
> > any repaint events while my transfer runs.
>
> Do you know the Glib::Dispatcher which can be used to notify a thread? 
> If you put an instance somewhere in your gui-classes then other threads 
> can notify the gui-thread.
>  
Thank you for the response.  I am now aware of the Dispatcher, however, all the docs talk about this GUI
 thread, but how can I notify it?  Is there an object I can reference or a function to call to get to this thread?
 
 -max