On 2006-01-26, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > gregarican wrote: >> I have a Python UDP listener socket that waits for incoming data. The >> socket runs as an endless loop. I would like to pop the incoming data >> into an existing Tkinter app that I have created. What's the >> easiest/most efficient way of handling this? Would I create a separate >> thread that has the listener set a certain Tkinter variable if there is >> incoming data? Any suggestions would be tremendously appreciated :-) > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/82965
That seems a bit complex. Why not just register the file descriptor and read-handler with Tk? http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/3728 That way the read-handler gets called by Tk's event loop anytime there's receive data waiting. No extra thread, no synchronization worries. If the read-handler takes a _long_ time to complete, it does make your GUI pause, so that may be a concern. Unless tk.createfilehandler isn't supported no Wni32 platforms?? -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Gee, I feel kind of at LIGHT in the head now, visi.com knowing I can't make my satellite dish PAYMENTS! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
