Re: Problem using idle_add method

["muppet" <scott asofyet org>]

Niel Das said:
> I noticed that the idle_add method has been deprecated in Gtk2 in favor
> of the corresponding Glib functions.  Hence, I cannot make a call such as
>
> Gtk2->idle_add(\&callback_function, $data);
>
> However whenever I use "Glib->idle_add(\&callback_function, $data)"
> instead, I get the following output error:

the "corresponding Glib functions" are actually

  Glib::Timeout->add()
  Glib::Idle->add()
  Glib::IO->add_watch()
  Glib::Source->remove()

http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/doc/pod/Gtk2/api.html#MISSING_METHODS


but be very careful with idles --- they can really soak up CPU cycles if you
don't get the priorities right.  a timeout at about 200ms may be easier on
your system's load.


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muppet <scott at asofyet dot org>