RE: gtk_events_pending

["Chris Manning" <cascadia swiftdsl com au>]

I need it because I want to use a splash screen that displays while the rest
of the program is loading. I've tried using gtk_idle but either it doesn't
work or (more likely) I'm not using it correctly, and events_pending seems
to do the trick :)

Chris. 


:From: Tristan Van Berkom [mailto:vantr touchtunes com] 
:You usualy dont need it,
:     generaly your main loop is `gtk_main();',
:`gtk_events_pending();' is often used when processing large
:datasets in your ui (i.e. before threads we're supported in gtk
:or when you're too lazy to implement them) like so: