Re: Keeping program flow moving nicely

["Timothy M. Shead" <tshead k-3d com>]

Eric M. Monsler wrote:

> "Timothy M. Shead" wrote:
>
> (snip)
>
> > Use gtk_timeout_add() to create a 'timeout' signal that gets called,
> > say, every 100 milliseconds or so.  In your handler for the timeout
> > event you decide whose turn it is and call process_move().  
>
> What is the gtk behavior in this situation, if it takes more than 100 ms
> to do process_move()?  I have no idea if this game does so, but I'm
> curious what would happen.  
I don't recall what GTK+'s behaviour is in this situation.  My project 
is a 3D graphics app where screen refreshes can easily exceed the 
timeout, so it's a good issue to bring up ... I forgot to mention that I 
only use every other timeout signal for drawing - leaving a "catchup" 
timeout between screen refreshes guarantees that GTK+ will have a chance 
to process other events.
Cheers,
Tim