Hi, "Vlietstra, Joe (NSSD)" <Joe.Vlietstra@xxxxxxx> writes: > Our group has previously written several multithreaded GTK applications. > We had a problem with a new application, investigated, read the API docs, > and now we are completely confused about GTK threads. > > The example applications in the API documentation contain the following > code snippet: > gdk_threads_enter(); > gtk_main(); > gdk_threads_leave(); > gdk_threads_enter() is simply a wrapper function that locks the > gdk_threads_mutex. Similarly, gdk_threads_leave() is a wrapper that > unlocks the mutex. This means GTK main loop has a lock on the mutex > and apparently holds this lock until the main loop exits. If GTK main > is always holding the mutex, how can other threads acquire the lock? Have a look at gtkmain.c. The lock is (of course) released while the main loop is being run. Sven _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
