Re: [gtk-list] Progress bar

[Tim Janik <timj gtk org>]

On Sat, 2 May 1998 jrfmeyer@garden.net wrote:

> hello all:
> 	I have encountered a small problem with the progress bar widget
> 	that perhaps someone has a simple solution to.
> 	I am forking a child process (using popen) and executing a
> 	shell command. The output of this command is to be used to
> 	update the progress bar widget. Unfortunatly the progress bar
> 	will not redraw reflecting the updated percentage until after
> 	the child process is finished. Any ideas are welcome.

use gdk_input_add() to select(2) on the pipe and get known when the child
puts out new text. gtk will automatically update the screen then.

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