From: MENON Jean-Francois <Jean-Francois.MENON@...>
Date: 2002-04-22T11:51:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Tk under Ruby [newbie to ruby]

"Kontra, Gergely" wrote:
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I'd like to use Tk under ruby.
> 
> My main problem, that I want to use Tk in the other way: it must listen
> to a port, and display incoming data.
> 
> My problem: when I call Tk.mainloop, it will never return.
> Shall I write?
> 
> Thread.new { Tk.mainloop }
> 
> Looks ugly...
> 
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use Tk.after in a thread to read in your socket, then launch
Tk.mainloop.

beside that: I think That Tk.mainloop should be re-written in the ruby's
interpreter source, but who can do that ?

jf



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