Re: Waiting forGMainLoop events

[Kip Warner <kip thevertigo com>]

On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 14:32 -0700, Kip Warner wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-06-26 at 19:02 +0200, Bogdan Lotko wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is it possible to wait for GMainLoop event  without processing them?
> >
> > the following pseudo-code illustrates the problem:
> >
> > while( notEndLoop )
> > {
> >     waitForEvent();
> >
> >     lockMutex;
> >
> >     // Run a single iteration
> >     g_main_context_iteration( context, false );
> >
> >    unlockMutex
> > }
> >
> > Please note, that I have to lock the mutex before running an iteration.
> >
> > Thank you for your help
> >
> > with best regards,
> >
> > bogdan
>
> Hey Bogdan,
>
> I'm not sure if this is helpful, but take a look at the
> gtk_main_iteration_do(gboolean blocking) function, specifically setting
> the blocking parameter to false and checking the return. From the
> documentation:

Hey Bogdan. I just re-read your post and realized you want to not
process the event. In this case, I believe gtk_main_iteration_do() does
process the event if is one to process. If you just want to check if
there are any events at all, without processing them, try
gtk_events_pending().

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