You can do the "open" with http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/stable/glib-IO-Channels.html#g-io-channel-new-file and you can do that async with the http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/stable/glib-IO-Channels.html#g-io-channel-set-flags as Chris mentioned. - John On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Tor Lillqvist <tml@xxxxxx> wrote: >> Do you guys think a simple API like SwingWorker could be integrated in glib? > > Show us how the GLib API would look, and then if nobody opposes > violently, volunteer to write the code and maintain it at least for > one release cycle. Pointing at the Wikipedia page describing the Java > API of SwingWorker is not enough. > > --tml > _______________________________________________ > gtk-list mailing list > gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list > _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list