Tor Lillqvist wrote: >> gdk_input_add expects a file descriptor >> however as far as I know winsock has >> socket descriptors which are some how >> different to file descriptors in the Unix and Linux >> world? > > Indeed. You need to go a bit lower, there is g_io_channel_unix_new() > for Unix file descriptors, and then correspondingly for Windows, for > sockets in particular, g_io_channel_win32_new_socket(). Be aware > though that there are many ways in which the behaviour of watches on > GIOChannels for sockets differ between Unix and Windows. > Unfortunately. Experiment! However winsock sockets are a lot closer to unix than file handling. i.e. select() only works in winsock. Aron -- ssh aron@xxxxxxxxxxxx cat /dev/brain | grep ^work: Aron Rubin Senior Member, Engineering Staff Lockheed Martin E-Mail: arubin@xxxxxxxxxxxx Advanced Technology Laboratories Phone: 856.792.9865 3 Executive Campus Fax: 856.792.9930 Cherry Hill, NJ USA 08002 Web: http://www.atl.lmco.com _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list