Re: where is it safe to redraw screens?

[Dirk Koopman <djk tobit co uk>]

On Sat, 2006-08-05 at 15:34 +0100, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> A further, related, query: something like the fourth screen can appear
> at anytime (there is a Gtk2::Helper->add_watch() listening on a socket
> for incoming messages [which all works just fine]). A user may be
> sitting in some modal "dialog" in a popup window. Can you just change
> widget and it will redraw underneath or does one have to either destroy
> or wait until the dialog window is closed, first?

I should add that it is only the frame widget in the top RHS that
changes between screen 3 and 4. And that frame widget could be one of
several different depending on what type of message appears.

Screen 3 is the 'base' screen for the rest of app. It will have modal
popups overlaying it, but will otherwise only alter by incoming messages
or pressing the next and prev buttons.

Dirk