Re: Application redrawing

["A B" <alvinbeach hotmail com>]

Thank you. I have tried Option 2 but for some reason when I set the 
GtkProgress with gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction() it does not redraw. 
However, if I use gtk_progress_bar_pulse() it does redraw. Is there a reason 
for this?

I will try the 'pipes' method and see if that is better for me.

Thank you,


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Alvin Beach
Email: alvinbeach hotmail com
Website: http://www.vianet.ca/~abeach




> From: Roland Smith <rsmith xs4all nl>
> Reply-To: rsmith xs4all nl
> To: gtk-app-devel-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Application redrawing
> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:44:31 +0200
>
> On Sun, 06 Apr 2003 16:53:41 -0400
> "A B" <alvinbeach hotmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am experimenting with GTK+. I am creating an app that does a lot of
> > processing. What I am having problems with is having the application 
> redraw
> > itself. I thought that if I put all the processing in a pthread that 
> would
> > help. But, this isn't the case.
> >
> > What do GTK+ programmers do to work around this?
>
> There are a couple of alternatives. Using threads is one of them (but not 
> the
> best IMHO). GTK+ depends on a regular flow of events. That means you 
> should:
>
> 1 - split you calculation in little pieces that can be invoked via timeouts 
> or
>     idle functions.
> 2 - allow GTK+ to process events from within your calculation
> 3 - use a separate calculation program, that communicates with the GUI via 
> pipes
> 4 - use threads. But do not issue gTK+ calls from the thread that does the
>     processing.
>
> For 1 see gtk_timeout_add() and gtk_idle_add().
>
> for 2 use something like:
>
>         /* computation going on */
>         while (gtk_events_pending ())
>           gtk_main_iteration ();
>         /* computation continued */
>
> For 3 see g_spawn_async_with_pipes()
>
> Roland
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