Re: keeping track of time.

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

John Vetterli wrote:
[...]
> Use g_timeout_add to execute a callback function periodically.
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html
>
> The interval may not be terribly accurate, but if I understand your 
> needs, this is not important.  The callbacks would only cause the widget 
> to be updated, not for calculating the time elapsed.  The time elapsed 
> can always be calculated by comparing the current system time and the 
> start time (see "man 2 time").

Just incase you've missed it, you can also use GTimer to calculate
elapsed time.

Cheers,
                              -Tristan