Another thread/idle/timeout question

2012-07-05 Thread David Buchan
Is there a way to have a (non-main iteration) thread issue a signal when it ends? I start up a timeout and an idle function when I spawn a new thread. I want the main iteration to stop the timeout and idle function as soon as the new thread is finished and disappears. It seems to me that if

Re: Another thread/idle/timeout question

2012-07-05 Thread David Buchan
this is the easiest solution. From: David Buchan pdbuc...@yahoo.com To: gtk-app-devel-list list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2012 9:26 AM Subject: Another thread/idle/timeout question Is there a way to have a (non-main iteration) thread issue

Re: Another thread/idle/timeout question

2012-07-05 Thread jcupitt
On 5 July 2012 14:26, David Buchan pdbuc...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there a way to have a (non-main iteration) thread issue a signal when it ends? I start up a timeout and an idle function when I spawn a new thread. I want the main iteration to stop the timeout and idle function as soon as the

Re: Another thread/idle/timeout question

2012-07-05 Thread David Buchan
: Another thread/idle/timeout question On 5 July 2012 14:26, David Buchan pdbuc...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there a way to have a (non-main iteration) thread issue a signal when it ends? I start up a timeout and an idle function when I spawn a new thread. I want the main iteration to stop