Re: handlers for g_timeout_add and g_idle_add different threads?

[Harring Figueiredo <harringf yahoo com>]

--- Hubert Sokolowski <h sokolowski wsisiz edu pl> wrote:

> >     Quick question:  I've read through all the stuff I can find on the glib
> > main loop support for timeout handlers and idle handlers, but there's a
> > simple question I have:
> >
> > - Do either, or both. of these types of handlers get run in a different
> > thread, or are they run out of the mainloop/GMainContext the
> > g_timeout_add and g_idle_add routines were called in to add them?


  It runs on the main loop. If you block on the idle handler, the UI will not
respond.

Harring.


                
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