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Created October 4, 2011 05:32
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run gtk main loop in sub thread
// hello.cc
// g++ -std=c++0x hello.cc `pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0` && ./a.out
#include <thread>
#include <functional>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
bool done = false;
void quit(GtkWidget *, gpointer)
{
done = true;
gtk_main_quit();
}
void destroy(GtkWidget *, gpointer window)
{
gtk_widget_destroy(GTK_WIDGET(window));
}
void run(int argc, char *argv[])
{
GtkWidget *window, *button;
gtk_init(&argc, &argv);
window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
button = gtk_button_new_with_label("exit");
gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(window), "destroy", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(quit), NULL);
gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(button), "clicked", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(destroy), window);
gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), button);
gtk_widget_show_all(window);
gtk_main();
}
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
std::thread thrd(std::bind(run, argc, argv));
int i=0;
while (!done)
{
printf("%d\n", ++i);
sleep(1);
}
thrd.join();
return 0;
}
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