Re: [gtk-list] gtk-perl help

[Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw its tudelft nl>]

On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 15:10:59 -0500, Steve Cresawn wrote:
> I'm writing an application using the GTK-Perl bindings, and I have a
> fairly simple question.  Within a subroutine of my application, I need
> to start another external application.  This will be done repeatedly, as
> calls to this external application are numerous.  This application takes
> a while to run, say 10 seconds or so, and during that time, the GTK
> windows do not redraw.  I have been experimenting with many ways to
> start this process (fork, system, open), and also using the waitpid
> function.  It is important that after a process has been spawned it is
> allowed to complete before it is called again.  I have also tried
> including statements such as the following:
> 
> while (Gtk->events_pending)
>     {
>     Gtk->main_iteration;
>     }
> 
> Still no luck.  I'd really appreciate some help with this.

Have a look at the GTK FAQ:

  http://www.gtk.org/faq/gtkfaq-5.html#ss5.3

The example is in C, but I think you should be able to rewrite it in Perl.


Erik

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