Re: [gtk-win32] Updating a progress bar from a worker thread

["John Emmas" <johne53 tiscali co uk>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pietro Battiston"
> I think it's right to say that thread are rarely needed in gtk
> application, and threads that play with the interface can almost always be
> avoided
Thanks Pietro.  Actually, you've brought up something here that's puzzled me
ever since I first started looking at GTK development (initially under
Linux).

I too have noticed that GTK programs written by other programmers do have a
tendency to run everything within the main UI thread.  Unfortunately, I've
also noticed how unresponsive these apps can get when they're busy with a
lengthy task.  Trying to move or resize or minimize the GUI can be hugely
frustrating.  Coming from a Windows background, this seems very odd to me
but you're absolutely right - avoidance of threads seems to be very common
practice in GTK programming.

In this particular case, my primary interest was to test the pthread-win32
library (hence why I used a worker thread) but thanks for the tip.  I'll
keep that in mind (about using timeout functions).  Also, idle processing
can be worth considering, depending on the requirement.

Cheers,

John