Re: Possible to use a gtk_timeout without a gtk_main loop

[Tristan Van Berkom <tvb gnome org>]

Noonan, Michael (DCOI) wrote:
> Hi Folks, 
>
> I was wondering would it be possible to have a gtk_timer running outside of the gtk_main loop. I have a separate process that needs to interact with a Gtk application every n seconds and I was wondering if I could set a gtk_timer using gtk_timeout_add() outside the gtk_main() loop. 

Its g_timeout_add(); and you can use it in a thread if that
thread is running its own mainloop (i.e. g_mainloop_run());
the thread will need its own GMainContext (be sure to set that
as the context of the GMainLoop for your thread) and you'll need
to use g_timeout_source_new() & g_source_attach().

But typically; I would expect you might want your "worker thread"
to sleep on a command queue; and issue commands to that thread
every "timout" from the main thread.

Cheers,
                          -Tristan