46 lines
1.4 KiB
Python
46 lines
1.4 KiB
Python
# use unicode encoding for all literals by default (for python2.x)
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from __future__ import unicode_literals
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__author__ = "Steffen Vogel"
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__copyright__ = "Copyright 2015-2017, Steffen Vogel"
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__license__ = "GPLv3"
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__maintainer__ = "Steffen Vogel"
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__email__ = "post@steffenvogel.de"
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"""
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This file is part of transWhat
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transWhat is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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any later version.
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transwhat is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with transWhat. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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"""
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import Queue
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import threading
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# This queue is for other threads that want to execute code in the main thread
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eventQueue = Queue.Queue()
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def runInThread(threadFunc, callback):
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"""
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Executes threadFunc in a new thread. The result of threadFunc will be
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pass as the first argument to callback. callback will be called in the main
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thread.
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"""
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def helper():
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# Execute threadfunc in new thread
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result = threadFunc()
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# Queue callback to be call in main thread
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eventQueue.put(lambda: callback(result))
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thread = threading.Thread(target=helper)
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thread.start()
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