Re: pthreads

[Vince Busam <vince phatnoise com>]

  Instead of using threads, I'd use gtk_add_input_full() to set a callback
function to use when data is ready on stdin.

Vince

On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, "Seisdedos Nuñez, Monserrat" wrote:

> 
> Hello everybody:
> 
> I have a programm than read from the standar input using fgets, so it will
> block till there are some data ready to read.
> I want a progress bar to show activitie.
> Because the program blocks in fgets. the movement of the progress bar is no
> constant. 
> 
> So i create a pthread to move the progress bar as in the faq 5.2 indicate
> 
> main()
> {
> 
> g_thead_init(NULL);
> ....
> ...
> gdk_threads_enter();
> gtk_main();
> gdk_threads_leave();
> }
> 
> 
> callback_function()
> {
> ...
> pthead_create(thread_t,NULL, thread_function, progress_bar);
> fgets(....);
> ...
> }
> 
> thread_function
> {
> 
> while(1)
> {
> gdk_threads_enter();
> gtk_progess_set_value(progress_var, value);
> gdk_threads_leave();
> sleep(1);
> }
> 
> }
> 
> 
> If i do this way, the thread will block in the gdk_threads_enter(),
> if i take away the gdk_threads_enter the thread progress, but it doesn't
> move the progress bar
> Can anybody helpme???
>  
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Vince Busam
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