Re: Application redrawing



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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