> > This is almost totally wrong. There is no "new event loop" involved. > The OP is running a long task in the main thread, which is blocking > the event loop. When the event loop is blocked, the application will > not update and cannot be interacted with. It's that simple. The event > loop in a gui application doesn't "finish" until the application > exits.
I appreciate the fact that it is not *completely* wrong... Try to get out of your point of view, maybe you'll find something interesting. Maybe the 'true' part of mine. Regards jm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list