Implementing A Timer To Callback From gtk_main()
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <time.h>
Create the timer
g_timeout_add(1000, (GSourceFunc) timer_event, (gpointer) MainWindow); //Register the timer and set time in mS. The timer_event() function is called repeatedly until it returns FALSE.
gtk_widget_show_all(MainWindow);
timer_event(MainWindow); //Call the timer function now if you don't want to wait for the first time period triggered call
gtk_main();
The function called
//*********************************
//*********************************
//********** TIMER EVENT **********
//*********************************
//*********************************
static gboolean timer_event(GtkWidget *widget)
{
return TRUE;
}
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