[wxPython-users] Re: How do I poll for irc data while running GUI?

[Robin Dunn]

Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2007-08-16, Lucas <lucaslevin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to make an IRC client, and I was originally
>> thinking to do socket.recv() on a timer, but now I realize if
>> nothing happens for a while, the program will freeze (I think)
>> while it waits to receive something! I can't figure out how to
>> get it to work.
>>
>> I really don't want to use multi threading. Would there be
>> some way with the Idle event or calling update during the
>> recv?
> 
> Isn't there a way to attach read and write handlers to a
> file/socket object?  Or am I thinking of GTK?
> 

You're thinking of GTK.  wx doesn't yet have a way to get wx events for 
read/write notifications, although there was some talk about adding a 
patch for it in 2.9.  For now the best you can do is to use one of the 
other async libs in another thread.

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