Re: main window not redrawing after dialog closes

[Rob Benton <rob benton conwaycorp net>]

Paul Davis wrote:
> you need to get your mind wrapped around the idea that you've created a
> thread that will finish what its doing at some point in the future, but
> you do not know when. until it finishes, you want to return control to
> the regular event loop. here is a hint at one way to do this, not
> bombproof, but you will get the idea:
>
> 	bool xml_thread_running;  // global or object scope
>    
> 	....
> 	
> 	xml_thread_running = true;
> 	Glib::Thread * thread = Glib::Thread::create(
>   	       sigc::mem_fun(*this,&MainWindow::thread_open), true);
>
> 	while (xml_thread_running) { 
>              if (Gtk::Main::events_pending()) { 
>                   Gtk::Main::iteration ();
>              }
>         }
>
>         get_window()->set_cursor ();
>
>
> > void MainWindow::thread_open()
> > {
> > 	_member_widget->read_from_xml(_filename);
>
>           xml_thread_running = false;
>
> > }

Now my eyes are opened.  Thanks Paul.  I never thought to look at the 
Gtk::Main object.  One more question though.  In the case that I have, 
my member function reads from an xml file then updates a table of 
Gdk::Drawables on-screen.  Is it ok to have that whole member function 
threaded or should I do the threading there just around the actual 
xml-reading part?