Re: understanding GtkSourceView internals

[Olivier Sessink <oliviersessink gmail com>]

Paolo Borelli wrote:

> from http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdk/unstable/gdk-Threads.html
>
> "Idles, timeouts, and input functions from GLib, such as g_idle_add(),
> are executed outside of the main GTK+ lock. So, if you need to call GTK+
> inside of such a callback, you must surround the callback with a
> gdk_threads_enter()/gdk_threads_leave() pair or use
> gdk_threads_add_idle_full() which does this for you. However, event
> dispatching from the mainloop is still executed within the main GTK+
> lock, so callback functions connected to event signals like
> GtkWidget::button-press-event, do not need thread protection.
>
> In particular, this means, if you are writing widgets that might be used
> in threaded programs, you must surround timeouts and idle functions in
> this matter."

ahh I didn't know that. I guess I have to change some code too ;-)

thanks for the explanation!

Olivier