Re: [orca-list] time...

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Daniel:

How the timeout is added and removed is up to you.

Will

Daniel Dalton wrote:
> Hi Will,
>
> On Fri, 16 May 2008, Willie Walker wrote:
>
> > Hi Daniel:
> >
> > See 
> > http://www.pygtk.org/pygtk2reference/gobject-functions.html#function-gobject--timeout-add 
>
> Thanks, I will.
>
> > The basic pattern is this:
> >
> > 1) add the timeout (in milliseconds):
> >
> >    gobject.timeout_add(1000, myMethod)
> >
> > 2) write your method:
> >
> >    def myMethod():
> >        <<<output braille>>>
> >        return True
> >
> > With the example above, myMethod will be called once a second.  No 
> > need to do a loop in myMethod since the timeout is basically doing the 
> > timed loop for you.
>
> Makes sense, but will it be interupted on another key press?
>
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Daniel.