Question i want a help in ?

[blaz boy]

i have a small problem with making a timer :
i want a function to run every 1 minute but i'm using gtk so i can't make
while True:

   do_function()
   sleep(60)

i can't do that ... it'll freez my program , any idea ?

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[Tarek Amr]

Why don't you do this in a separate thread so your proggie don't freeze 

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[blaz boy]

ok , tell me how can i do that , popen() executes a process but it take a command name like [ls] or [cd /] or [dir] or something but i want and embeded function to be reqularely executed ?

2008/8/24, Tarek Amr <tare...@gmail.com>:

[blaz boy]

i found a module called sched but it's so horrible and not well documented and when it is imported it produce an error i don't know what to do ?

2008/8/24, blaz boy <blaz...@gmail.com>:

[Tarek Amr]

this one?
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-sched.html

[blaz boy]

yes it is , and i found the cause of error , and i'v made some test to use it ,
 i didn't understand the documentation at all but i'v managed to understant the basics of it by experiments, thanks for your consideration

and i'm seeing that you are the only active one in the group ,why no one respond?

2008/8/25, Tarek Amr <tare...@gmail.com>:

[Tarek Amr]

Have a look at this article
http://blog.doughellmann.com/2008/08/pymotw-signal.html

[blaz boy]

thanx so much , i finally used gobject to , u can c the beta release of my work at
http://memobee.blogspot.com
this require : python-gtk , python-notify

2008/8/28, Tarek Amr <tare...@gmail.com>: