python/threads/tkinter

[Soren Aalto <soren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do these work together?  I have to admit, I am
struggling more than I like with getting threads
to work in Python.

Basic problem -- Tkinter apps always involve
creating widgets, then calling root.mainloop()
to handle the eventloop.  What's the best way
of handling other input sources?  I want to write
a quick thing just to generate an interactive
plot of stuff read from files in /proc to get
a feel for this.

My approach had been -- create a separate thread
that reads the data, and calls a method of the
widget containing class that updates the plot/
canvas widget.

But once I call mainloop, the thread that
should have started doesn't seem to.  And it
does seem to run when I take out the call to
root.mainloop()

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