Possible to use a gtk_timeout without a gtk_main loop

["Noonan, Michael (DCOI)" <Michael Noonan Smithsdetection com>]

Hi Folks, 

I was wondering would it be possible to have a gtk_timer running outside of the gtk_main loop. I have a 
separate process that needs to interact with a Gtk application every n seconds and I was wondering if I could 
set a gtk_timer using gtk_timeout_add() outside the gtk_main() loop. 

Thanks, 

Michael

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