Re: Multi-threaded UI Freezes on GDK Call

[Michael McCann <naetrick comcast net>]

Michael R. Head wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 17:14 -0500, Michael R. Head wrote:
>   
> > I assume you meant
> >
> >     g_threads_init();
> >     gdk_threads_init();
> >     gtk_init();
> >     
> >     gdk_threads_enter();
> >     gtk_main();
> >     gdk_threads_leave();
> >
> > right?
> >     
Yes, that is correct. :)
> Does your special function take time to do its job? If so, then that
> would be why. For example:
>
> ...
> while(1) {
> gdk_threads_enter();
> sleep(1)
> gdk_threads_leave();
> sleep(10)
> };
> ...
>
> you'd freeze your app for a second every 10 seconds.
>
>
>   

Ahh, ok. How else can I accomplish my goal, then? I need to give GTK the 
lock, as I'm calling GDK from another function not in the main GTK loop. 
I tried leaving out gdk_threads_enter()/leave() in the CPU-intensive 
function, but X gives me errors.