threading problems...please help with workaround

[Brad House <brad mainstreetsoftworks com>]

I posted yesterday, but am no closer to a solution
with the suggestions I recieved...

here is my improperly functioning code snipet....
(attached file gtk-thread.c)
it's simply trying to hide and show a window out
of a thread...it doesn't work until I move the mouse
over the area for the window.  Though if I hide
and show the label within the window, it functions
properly with out having to do anything else.

Is this a bug? I've got all the threading stuff down
as far as I can figure.

Please help.

Compile with
gcc `gtk-config --cflags gthread` -o gtk-thread gtk-thread.c `gtk-config
--libs gthread` -lpthread


 
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Brad House
Sr. Developer
Main Street Softworks, Inc.

brad mainstreetsoftworks com
(352) 378-8228
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <pthread.h>

GtkWidget *window;
GtkWidget *label;

void destroy(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
{
  gtk_main_quit();
}

void *run_thread(void *args)
{
  int visible=1;
  while (1)   {
      sleep(1);
      //GDK_THREADS_ENTER();
      gdk_threads_enter();
       if (visible) {
          visible=0;
          gtk_widget_hide(window);
        } else {
          visible=1;
          gtk_widget_show(window);
        }
     //  g_main_iteration(FALSE);
       gdk_threads_leave();
       //GDK_THREADS_LEAVE();
   }
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  pthread_t thread;

  g_thread_init(NULL);

  /* init gtk */
  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

    /* create a window */
  window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

  gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT (window), "destroy", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(destroy), NULL);
  gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);

  /* create a label */
  label = gtk_label_new("This window should hide and show itself once a second...from a thread");
  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), label);

  /* show everything */

  gtk_widget_show(label);
  gtk_widget_show (window);
  if (g_thread_supported())
    printf("g_thread_supported is true\r\n"); // Yep....compiled with thread support and initialized
  if (gdk_threads_mutex)
    printf("mutex initialized\r\n");  // yep the mutex is definately initialized..
  /* create the thread */
  pthread_create(&thread, NULL,(void *)run_thread, NULL);
  /* enter the GTK main loop */
  gdk_threads_enter();
  gtk_main();
  gdk_threads_leave();
  return(0);
}