glib.MainLoop

glib.MainLoop
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glib.MainLoop — an object representing the main event loop of a PyGTK application.

Synopsis

class glib.MainLoop:
    glib.MainLoop(context=None, is_running=0)
    def get_context()
    def is_running()
    def quit()
    def run()

Ancestry

+-- glib.MainLoop

Description

glib.MainLoop represents a main event loop. A glib.MainLoop is created with the glib.MainLoop() constructor. After adding the initial event sources, the run() method is called. This continuously checks for new events from each of the event sources and dispatches them. Finally, the processing of an event from one of the sources leads to a call to the quit() method to exit the main loop, and the run() method returns.

It is possible to create new instances of glib.MainLoop recursively. This is often used in PyGTK applications when showing modal dialog boxes. Note that event sources are associated with a particular glib.MainContext, and will be checked and dispatched for all main loops associated with that glib.MainContext.

PyGTK contains wrappers of some of these functions, e.g. the gtk.main(), gtk.main_quit() and gtk.events_pending() functions.

Constructor

    glib.MainLoop(context=None, is_running=None)

`context` :	a `glib.MainContext` or `None` to use the default context.
`is_running` :	if `True` indicates that the loop is running. This is not very important since calling the `run`() method will set this to `True` anyway.
Returns :	a new `glib.MainLoop` object.

Creates a new glib.MainLoop object.

Methods

glib.MainLoop.get_context

    def get_context()

Returns :

the glib.MainContext the mainloop is associated with

The get_context() method returns the glib.MainContext that the mainloop was created with.

glib.MainLoop.is_running

    def is_running()

Returns :

True if the mainloop is currently being run.

The is_running() method checks to see if the mainloop is currently being run via the run() method.

glib.MainLoop.quit

    def quit()

The quit() method stops the mainloop from running. Any subsequent calls to the run() method will return immediately.

glib.MainLoop.run

    def run()

The run() method runs a mainloop until the quit() method is called. If this is called for the thread of the loop's glib.MainContext, it will process events from the loop, otherwise it will simply wait.

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