Re: Threads and main-loops

[Russell Shaw <rjshaw netspace net au>]

John K Luebs wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 04:56:26PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > If i make multiple loops with:
> >
> >  GMainLoop *loop1=g_main_loop_new(context1,TRUE);
> >  GMainLoop *loop2=g_main_loop_new(context2,TRUE);
> >  GMainLoop *loop3=g_main_loop_new(context3,TRUE);
> >  g_main_loop_run(loop1);
> >  g_main_loop_run(loop2);
> >  g_main_loop_run(loop3);
> >
> > Are all these running in a single gtk thread? If so, can their
> > callbacks call GUI widgets without thread-locking problems?
>
>
> What are you trying to accomplish, exactly?

A drawing program that is scriptable. Wondering how best to
use multiple main loops.