<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>glib.MainContext</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="PyGObject Reference Manual"><link rel="up" href="glib-class-reference.html" title="PyGlibClass Reference"><link rel="prev" href="glib-class-reference.html" title="PyGlibClass Reference"><link rel="next" href="class-glibmainloop.html" title="glib.MainLoop"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">glib.MainContext</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="glib-class-reference.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">PyGlibClass Reference</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="class-glibmainloop.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry" title="glib.MainContext"><a name="class-glibmaincontext"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>glib.MainContext</h2><p>glib.MainContext — an object representing a set of event sources to be handled
-in a <a class="link" href="class-glibmainloop.html" title="glib.MainLoop"><code class="classname">glib.MainLoop</code></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Synopsis"><a name="id
485642"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><table bgcolor="#D0E0F0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="classsynopsis">class <span class="ooclass"><span class="classname">glib.MainContext</span></span>:
-<code class="constructorsynopsis"> <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html#constructor-glibmaincontext" title="Constructor">glib.MainContext</a></span>()</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html#method-glibmaincontext--iteration" title="glib.MainContext.iteration">iteration</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html#method-glibmaincontext--pending" title="glib.MainContext.pending">pending</a></span>()</code><br></pre></td></tr></table></div><div class="refsect1" title="Ancestry"><a name="id
485574"></a><h2>Ancestry</h2><pre class="synopsis">+-- <a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html" title="glib.MainContext">glib.MainContext</a>
-</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a name="id
485557"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>A <a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html" title="glib.MainContext"><code class="classname">glib.MainContext</code></a>
+in a <a class="link" href="class-glibmainloop.html" title="glib.MainLoop"><code class="classname">glib.MainLoop</code></a>.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Synopsis"><a name="id
614444"></a><h2>Synopsis</h2><table bgcolor="#D0E0F0" width="100%"><tr><td><pre class="classsynopsis">class <span class="ooclass"><span class="classname">glib.MainContext</span></span>:
+<code class="constructorsynopsis"> <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html#constructor-glibmaincontext" title="Constructor">glib.MainContext</a></span>()</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html#method-glibmaincontext--iteration" title="glib.MainContext.iteration">iteration</a></span>(<span class="methodparam"><span class="parameter"><em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em></span></span>)</code><br><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname"><a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html#method-glibmaincontext--pending" title="glib.MainContext.pending">pending</a></span>()</code><br></pre></td></tr></table></div><div class="refsect1" title="Ancestry"><a name="id
614375"></a><h2>Ancestry</h2><pre class="synopsis">+-- <a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html" title="glib.MainContext">glib.MainContext</a>
+</pre></div><div class="refsect1" title="Description"><a name="id
614358"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>A <a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html" title="glib.MainContext"><code class="classname">glib.MainContext</code></a>
represents a set of event sources that can be run in a single thread. File
descriptors (plain files, pipes or sockets) and timeouts are the standard
event sources for <code class="literal">GTK</code> and <code class="literal">PyGTK</code> though
can be run with the <a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html#method-glibmaincontext--iteration" title="glib.MainContext.iteration"><code class="methodname">iteration</code>()</a>
method.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Constructor"><a name="constructor-glibmaincontext"></a><h2>Constructor</h2><pre class="programlisting"><code class="constructorsynopsis"> <span class="methodname">glib.MainContext</span>()</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td>a new <a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html" title="glib.MainContext"><code class="classname">glib.MainContext</code></a>
object.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Creates a new <a class="link" href="class-glibmaincontext.html" title="glib.MainContext"><code class="classname">glib.MainContext</code></a>
-object.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Methods"><a name="id
485465"></a><h2>Methods</h2><div class="refsect2" title="glib.MainContext.iteration"><a name="method-glibmaincontext--iteration"></a><h3>glib.MainContext.iteration</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">iteration</span>()</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>if <code class="literal">True</code> the call may block
+object.</p></div><div class="refsect1" title="Methods"><a name="id
614266"></a><h2>Methods</h2><div class="refsect2" title="glib.MainContext.iteration"><a name="method-glibmaincontext--iteration"></a><h3>glib.MainContext.iteration</h3><pre class="programlisting"><code class="methodsynopsis"> def <span class="methodname">iteration</span>()</code></pre><table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FFECCE"><col align="left" valign="top" width="0*"><tbody><tr><td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>may_block</code></em> :</span></p></td><td>if <code class="literal">True</code> the call may block
waiting for an event.</td></tr><tr><td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td><td><code class="literal">True</code> if events were
dispatched.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <code class="methodname">iteration</code>() method runs a single
iteration. This involves:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">checking to see if any associated event sources are ready
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