Re: newbie trap

["Iain *" <iaingnome gmail com>]

> I In the portaudio callback, don't touch the gui at all.  Just
> process the buffer and use variables to communicate with the gui thread.
> IE, set the peak value, the position, time elapsed, etc in simple
> variables.  Then in the main thread, use an idle timeout to monitor
> these variables and update the gui accordingly.

> From the portaudio thread you can fire a oneshot idle function. Idle
functions are run from the main gtk thread, and might be easier than
setting up an idle callback to constantly check variables.

iain