On 3/28/07, Ken McIvor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> You'd almost certainly be happier doing things the other way around.
> Most GUI toolkits are extremely fussy about what thread the GUI event
> loop runs in.  For example, wxPython requires App.MainLoop() be
> called from the thread that first imported the wxPython module.  That
> being said, it's possible to run the GUI thread in the background --
> the iPython wizards might be able to help you figure it out.

No, the limitation you describe is there just as much.  What we do in
ipython is push the *user code* execution into the secondary thread,
to make sure we keep the GUI toolkits happy for the very reasons you
outline.

Cheers,

f

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