Re: non-blocking http call and glib

[Juergen Harms <juergen harms unige ch>]

I have had very positive experience with solving this kind of problem by 
making the utility that blocks run in its own process (perl fork with 
open2 or open3) and not using gtk, resp. a main loop (in that process). 
This is a step down in the level of programming tools, but the extra 
effort is quite limited (you need some amount of additional coding for 
implementing synchronisation) - and worth while to consider if you dont 
find a boxed solution.

Juergen