Re: glib main loop without gtk

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 15:20 -0600, Thomas Stover wrote:
> So if one wants to use g_io_channels with out gtk (console / server 
> app), what exactly is the idea? Does glib need an initialization 
> function called first?

only if you use GObject and the rest of the type system - in which case
you'll need to use g_type_init(); or if you use threads - in which case
you'll need g_thread_init(). otherwise you don't need initialization
functions.

>  I see the g_main_loop_new() and friends 
> functions, and that part make sense. The thing is g_io_add_watch_full() 
> type functions don't have a main loop parameter. In other words were 
> does this "default" main loop come from?

all the sources attach themselves to the default *context*, not main
loop. a GMainContext can have multiple main loops. the default context
is created and managed by GLib.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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