Re: [gtk-list] Re: Timer gives up

[Stephen Birch <sbirch ironmountainsystems com>]

Owen,

1000 x thanks for such a swift reply.


Owen Taylor wrote:

> Stephen Birch <sbirch@ironmountainsystems.com> writes:
>
> > I'm not sure if I have misunderstood the purpose of the timer, but it
> > doesn't seem to keep calling my callback function.  Oddly, if I put a
> > print statement inside the callback it seems to repeat just fine.
> >
> > Is there some fundamental item I have missed?
>
> Yes. ;-)
>
> gint       gtk_timeout_add         (guint32        interval,
>                                     GtkFunction    function,
>                                     gpointer       data);
>
> typedef gint (*GtkFunction) (gpointer data);
>         ^^^^
>
> If your function returns true, then the timer will be reinstalled.
> If it returns false, it will only run once. If it returns 'void',
> then you may get strange results  ... as you've noticed.
>
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
>
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