Re: Gtk+ and multithreating

[Michelle Konzack <linux4michelle freenet de>]

Am 2007-05-16 21:32:39, schrieb Chris Vine:
> The documentation is here:
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-The-Main-Event-Loop.html#g-idle-add

I have the full documentation installed and I have a hardcopy of the PDF.

> The idea is that you call g_idle_add() in your worker thread with a
> callback (function pointer and data) which you want to execute in the
> main program (GUI) loop.

This is what I have tried yesterday...

> A simple example would be to call:
>
> g_idle_add((GSourceFunc)g_print, "Hello\n");
>
> If you call this in the worker thread, it will print "Hello" in the GTK+
> main program thread (you must have called g_thread_init(NULL) first).

See other message:
I have a problem with g_thread_init(NULL) and do not know why.

> Incidentally, instead of using pthreads, you can use the platform
> independent GThread implementation.  See:
>
> http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/glib/glib-Threads.html

I was trying already...  (checking all posibilities)

Threading is realy new for me..

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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