[pygtk] update notification signals

[Steve McClure]

On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 09:24 +0100, Mikael Lindqvist wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is there a way of distinguishing if the value of a control is changed
> by the user or by code in some part of my program?
> 
> To clarify, I'm setting the value of a spinbutton with code, i.e.
> spinbutton.set_value(...) . This causes the value_changed signal to be
> sent to my program. The behavior is the same as when a user modifies
> the value. In the callback I need to be able to distinguishing what
> caused the signal to be fired. Is this possible? Or, better yet, is it
> possible somehow to not have the signal fired when you set the value
> programatically?

AFAIK, there is no way to know this.  I used the techniques you
mentioned.  I either block the emission of the signal or set some sort
of flag that I check in the event handler.

> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -- Mikael
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