Sorry, I have one more question. So I can have boeth gtk widgets registers themselves to the main loop AS WELL AS the socket register itself to the main loop? --- Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What Paul ment to say ;-), was that gtk as well as > most gui toolkits > these days, are implementing a paradigm known as > event-driven > programming, see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event-driven_programming > . The loop is > implemented by the glib main loop. gtk registers its > callbacks to the > mainloop (button presses etc), but you may add > additional callbacks, > e.g. from sockets. The mainloop just hangs there > until something > happen that has been registered to it. > > Paul is certainly right that you don't have to know > the implementation > details. Just register your callbacks and trust that > everything will > work. > > Regards, > Dov > > On 3/26/06, yinglcs2@xxxxxxxxx <yinglcs2@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Thanks. But there is something I still don't quite > > understand. > > > > a GTK application has a main loop listen for any > GTK > > signals (for example to handle the close window > > event), right? > > But now if I make it to listen to an socket, how > can > > it listen but the socket and the GTK signals? > > > > Thank you for any advice. > > > > > > --- Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > (I'm moving the discussion back to gtk-list as I > > > didn't actually mean > > > to send it private. Hope it is ok with you.) > > > > > > Regarding your question, yes, gtk_main() is > really a > > > wrapper to > > > g_main_run(main_loop), so everything that is > valid > > > for g_main_loop() > > > is valid for gtk_main() as well. Just set up > your > > > gnet callback > > > handlers and then call gtk_main(). > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Dov > > > > > > > > > On 3/25/06, yinglcs2@xxxxxxxxx > <yinglcs2@xxxxxxxxx> > > > wrote: > > > > Dov, > > > > > > > > Thanks for your respond. I am interested in > > > knowing > > > > how you did that. > > > > > > > > I have read the example you suggest. But one > thing > > > I > > > > am not sure is if I still call "gtk_main();"? > > > > And when does it call "gtk_main() now if I > call > > > > /* Start the main loop */ > > > > g_main_run(main_loop); > > > > > > > > from the gnet example? > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > --- Dov Grobgeld <dov.grobgeld@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > It sure is. One of the easiest ways is to > use > > > gnet. > > > > > Have a look at the > > > > > gnet-*/examples/echoserver-gserver.c program > in > > > the > > > > > gnet sources that > > > > > shows you how to creates a server that > > > integrates > > > > > with the glib main > > > > > loop. > > > > > > > > > > I'm using exactly that approach for > > > > > remotecontrolling a gtk based > > > > > image viewer application by sending it > tcp-ip > > > > > commands . > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Dov > > > > > > > > > > On 3/22/06, yinglcs2@xxxxxxxxx > > > <yinglcs2@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > In my GTK application, is it possible for > it > > > to > > > > > listen > > > > > > on a socket (as a server)? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best > spam > > > > > protection around > > > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > > protection around > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
