GNU Smalltalk, GTK and threads

Hello all!

Thanks authors for great idea to implement Smalltalk as scripting language!
GTK+ binding makes GNU Smalltalk very interesting for writing desktop
applications.

I've used GTK with pure C. There were one interesting moment: all
calls to gtk library should be done from one (main) thread. If the
programmer want to call gtk functions from separate threads, he should
use gdk_threads_enter()/gdk_threads_leave() or idle functions.

Could anybody please explain me, does this "problem" exist in GNU Smalltalk?
As far as I understand that there is "Process" class to implement
threads. Can I call GTK functions (for example, to update a text in a
single window) from separate Process'es? If no, what should I do?

Also, is the GTK binding for Windows planned? or GTK package is
available in Linux (Unix) versions only??

Thanks,
with best regards,
Dmitry Matveev

P.S. Excuse me for my ugly English, I am from Russia :)


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> I've used GTK with pure C. There were one interesting moment: all
> calls to gtk library should be done from one (main) thread. If the
> programmer want to call gtk functions from separate threads, he should
> use gdk_threads_enter()/gdk_threads_leave() or idle functions.
>
> Could anybody please explain me, does this "problem" exist in GNU Smalltalk?

No, but just because GNU Smalltalk Processes are actually all mapped to
the same operating system thread.

> Also, is the GTK binding for Windows planned? or GTK package is
> available in Linux (Unix) versions only??

It should work in Windows too.

> P.S. Excuse me for my ugly English, I am from Russia :)

Don't worry, it's neither bad nor ugly! :-)

Paolo


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