Re: calling main_quit from signal_connect - is it possible/legal ?

[Kenneth Swanson <kswanson watson wustl edu>]

Sergei Steshenko wrote:
> Again, my problem is _not_ that the widgets do not respond, but, rather,
> the opposite - even though the widgets do _not_respond, they register 
> events, like mouse in, out, and these events - which normally I _do_ need,
> but during update/unresponsiveness I do _not_ need, screw things up for me.

Sounds like you want to disable the signal handlers while you're running your extremely long subroutine.

Again, not a perfect solution--an unresponsive UI is rarely good.

-Ken