Re: Refreshing the GUI without gtk_main ()

[Chris Seaton <chris chrisseaton com>]

> I wrote an interactive scripter with its own loop that runs in the
> terminal. This scripter is a back-end of the dedicated GUI. But since it
> has its own eternal loop, the GUI doesn't refresh. I can refresh it by
> using:
>
>         while (gtk_events_pending()) gtk_main_iteration ();
>
> but this refreshes the GUI only when the scripter performs a particular
> action. While it sits and waits for input, the GUI is frozen.
>
> Any idea how to overcome this?

You should never, ever have IO in the same thread as your GUI. That's a
major no-no. Have the GUI running in the main thread, and do your IO in
a new thread.

Use gdk_threads_enter() and _leave() before and after calling GUI
functions from the IO thread.

Chris Seaton