Forwarding to the list with my reply... On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Chris Fuller <cfuller...@thinkingplanet.net> wrote: > > There are workarounds. The point is that they aren't necessary in Linux, and > usually involve something fishy, like sleeping a (more or less) arbitrary > period to get the synchronization right, which might work some of the time, > but not under unusual circumstances (but who cares if its just a GUI update?) > > Possibly, the Linux environment is more forgiving, but I don't have similar > problems in Tkinter, and special treatment isn't necessary if you only access > the GUI via the main thread. > > http://faq.pygtk.org/index.py?file=faq20.006.htp&req=show
Oh, OK. Accessing the GUI only from the GUI thread is (in my experience) a pretty common requirement. I'm currently using WinForms which requires that GUI elements be accessed from the thread that created them, and IIRC Java Swing has the same limitation. Kent > It may be that the last time I tangled with the issue, I was missing some key > docs. In any case, its a potential pitfall to watch out for. > > Cheers > > On Wednesday 21 October 2009 10:38, you wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Chris Fuller >> >> <cfuller...@thinkingplanet.net> wrote: >> > on differences: >> > >> > The downloads include binaries, so there have to be distinct files for >> > Linux and Windoze. If you download the same versions, there shouldn't be >> > any noticeable differences, with one big exception: multithreading and >> > PyGTK don't mix well on Windows. Your application might run perfectly >> > (and look correct) on Linux, but in Windoze it's a mess. >> >> Wow. You can't make a multithreaded Windows GUI app using PyGTK? That >> is a huge limitation - in my experience most large GUI programs do use >> threads to allow the GUI to be responsive during long-running tasks. >> >> Kent > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
