there is a "gtk_timeout_add" (the new name is "g_timeout_add"). Maybe this one?
2009/5/11 Adeel Malik <adeelmali...@yahoo.com>: > The structure of my code is that when I click on the 'start button', the > callback function needs to continuously acquire data from a daq card in a > while loop, a functionality that I am not supposed to change. Now I want to > send a refesh signal to control (during the course of button callback > function) and one way to do this it to call a g_timer_add function which my > current gtk_installation (gtk 1.2.10) doesn't support. > > --- On Mon, 5/11/09, Vlad Volodin <vest...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Vlad Volodin <vest...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Problem with installing GTK+-2.0.0 on Fedora Core 6 > To: adeelmali...@yahoo.com > Cc: "gtk-app" <gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org> > Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 12:55 PM > > It looks like you've already asked the question before: > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-app-devel-list/2009-March/msg00115.html > as I understood, you have "Main Loop" (read about it in Gtk and > GLib), > a thread which get data from your "stuff" and calculates the average > value. > > So, don't try to make main loop runs faster than it is. maybe you > should send a refresh (or repaint, update) signal to your control. > what do you think ab. it? > > 2009/5/11 Adeel Malik <adeelmali...@yahoo.com>: >> Hi, >> The main gtk thread needs to refresh an image widget (for > status >> indication, GREEN or RED) along with a couple of 'status > variables' >> e.g Block/Symbol error rate using labels. There is a start button in the > GUI >> associated with a data acquisition routine that computes the value of the >> aforesaid variables and in a busy while loop. All I want is to compute the >> average varibale value, say for last 1000 iterations, and display on the > GUI >> after every 100 ms or so. >> cheers, >> Adeel >> >> --- On Mon, 5/11/09, Vlad Volodin <vest...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Vlad Volodin <vest...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: Problem with installing GTK+-2.0.0 on Fedora Core 6 >> To: adeelmali...@yahoo.com >> Cc: "gtk-app" <gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org> >> Date: Monday, May 11, 2009, 11:43 AM >> >> Hello, >> >> What is the purpose of your update? Do you want to refresh a widget, >> or anything else? >> >> Vlad Volodin >> >> >> >> 2009/5/11 Adeel Malik <adeelmali...@yahoo.com>: >>> Hi, I was wondering how to update the gtk_main_thread function after a >> fixed time interval (in milliseconds) as g_timer_add function provides a >> quick >> solution to that. Could someone suggest how to go about it ?. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Adeel >>> >>> --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Ardhan Madras <aj...@knac.com> wrote: >>> >>> From: Ardhan Madras <aj...@knac.com> >>> Subject: Re: Problem with installing GTK+-2.0.0 on Fedora Core 6 >>> To: adeelmali...@yahoo.com >>> Cc: gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >>> Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 7:49 PM >>> >>> One of GTK+ dependency is GLib, each GTK+ version has it's GLib >> version >>> dependency too, if you try to compile a newer GTK+ version in a system >> that has >>> not meet it's minimal requirement of GLib version then they will >> complain. >>> >>> You tried to update GLib on your distro using a package manager, you > will >> got >>> nothing to do because your distro will not broke all dependency that > it >> already >>> made. Moving from 2.4.0 to 2.12.3 is not trivial, this will break many >>> applications that already installed, so they must have to update all >>> applications to meet the new dependency. Distributor tend to release a > new >>> distro version rather than rebuild and update applications in the > their >> current >>> version. >>> >>> g_timer_add()? i don't know if this was a obsolete function, but i >> think >>> there are a lot way to write codes such this function does. I > can't >> see a >>> reason why you should move to a version of GTK+ because of this > function! >>> >>> --- ajhwb >>> >>> >>> --- adeelmali...@yahoo.com wrote: >>> >>> From: Adeel Malik <adeelmali...@yahoo.com> >>> To: gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >>> Subject: Problem with installing GTK+-2.0.0 on Fedora Core 6 >>> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 21:13:24 -0700 (PDT) >>> >>> >>> Hi All, >>> I am doing application development on Fedora Core 6 > Linux >>> machine which had GTK version 1.2.1 already installed. I needed to use >>> g_timer_add gnome function in my gtk application which doesn't > seem >> to be >>> supported on this version. So i tried to install the newer version of >> GTK+-2.0.0 >>> from the gtk.org web page. >>> Once I copied tar.gz file and tried to install the app. by running the >>> './configure' script, the insatallation process stopped at the >> following >>> error messages: >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> checking for GLIB - version >= 2.0.0... >>> *** 'pkg-config --modversion glib-2.0' returned 2.12.3, but > GLIB >>> (2.4.0) >>> *** was found! If pkg-config was correct, then it is best >>> *** to remove the old version of GLib. You may also be able to fix the >> error >>> *** by modifying your LD_LIBRARY_PATH enviroment variable, or by > editing >>> *** /etc/ld.so.conf. Make sure you have run ldconfig if that is >>> *** required on your system. >>> *** If pkg-config was wrong, set the environment variable > PKG_CONFIG_PATH >>> *** to point to the correct configuration files >>> no >>> configure: error: >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> I treid to update the glib library by running: >>> >>> 'yum update glib' or 'yum install glib' but it > appeared >> that >>> kernel couldn't find the match and issued the following > messages: >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin >>> Setting up Update Process >>> Setting up repositories >>> core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 >>> updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> extras 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 >>> Reading repository metadata in from local files >>> Could not find update match for glib >>> No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> I was wondering whether the problem is with the 'yum' package > as >> it is >>> unable to find the requested Glib library. Since the whole point of >> installing >>> the new version of GTK was to be able to use the 'g_timer_add' >>> function, can some one suggest if it is possible to use this function > with >> the >>> GTK 1.2.1 version. If not, can someone point out how can I fix the >> installation >>> error if GTK+-2.0.0. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Adeel >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list >>> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________________________ >>> Listen to KNAC, Hit the Home page and Tune In Live! ---> >> http://www.knac.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gtk-app-devel-list mailing list >>> gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
