Re: main loop, threads and so on?

[Ian Bell <ian redtommo com>]

On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 10:11 am, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote:
> Am 2003.06.07 21:27 schrieb(en) Ian Bell:
> > On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 5:21 pm, Martin Klaffenboeck wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Where can I find a good manual, tutorial to understand how the
> >
> > mainloop
> >
> > > is working, what all the things of
> >
> > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html
> >
> > > are doing?
> > >
> > > How I can work with that.
> > >
> > > In my special case I have a function which has nothing todo with the
> > > gui to call, but the function calling that function must wait until
> >
> > it
> >
> > > is finished.  It takes long time, so the gui is not responsible for
> >
> > the
> >
> > > user.  so my function (which is calling the function) has to run in
> >
> > the
> >
> > > backgound.
> >
> > Probably the most elegant way to do this is to run the function in its
> > own
> > thread.
>
> I'll try that.  What do I have to do?

Now you have me.  I know threads is the solution in this case as I have seen 
it said many times before.  As yet I have never had to use them so I am 
afraid I cannot help with implementation details.

Ian