Re: gtk & threads

["Christopher T. Lansdown" <lansdoct screech cs alfred edu>]

> > Is gtk thread safe?
> > I am trying to figure out how to get past gtk's "cant refresh while in a
> > function" problem.
> You need to use callbacks as events happen, rather than sitting in one
> function for a long time waiting for a sequence of events to complete.
	I think that he meant more of the user can't do anything while
you're inside of a function that does a lot of work, not that you can't
get events inside of a function.  I.e. reading a lot of data from a file,
over a network (I know that if you're using your own code that you can use
gdk_input_add, but if you're using a library that's not an option), or say
bumpmapping a picture, or something like that.
	Another option, btw bob, is to insert this code:
while(gtk_events_pending())gtk_main_iteration(); inside of your function
in one of the loops that will execute many times/second.

> There are two valid reasons for using threads, and this isn't one of them.
	What are your two valid reasons for using threads?
	-Chris

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