Re: networkshit without fucking up the interface?

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw its tudelft nl>]

On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 06:32:42PM +0100, Kent Nyberg (Telia) wrote:
> Is it possible to use alot of networkfunctions in a 
> C/Gtk+/Gnome program without making the interface unusable
> when the network-functions are running?

Yes. See Mozilla for an excellent example.

> Like, i press a button to read alot of things from a tcp connection
> but i still want the interafce to be usable.
>
> I do recall reading that bad code can do this.. make the interace unusable.

Bad code can do anything.

> Can some one tell me if im right or wrong.. ? :)
>
> Maybe doing some kind of threading will help me? 
> I have never done threading so i dont realy know what to do :)

Threading is one way to do it. Another way is to use select() or
g_io_channels.


Erik
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