[pygtk] date changed signal ?

[Walter Leibbrandt]

Hi,

Darren Hart wrote:
> I have a TreeView that renders rows differently depending on the state
> of the object being represented.  This state is in part dependent on
> the date.  Rather than calculate the state everytime I render the row,
> I set the state explicitly when certain events occur.  Is there some
> kind of datechanged() signal I can register a callback for?  Or do I
> just need to setup timers every minute or so to check if the date is
> different than last time?  This approach seems like overkill for
> something that happens once every 24 hours, and at a time when the app
> is unlikely to be being used - but I'm trying to be thorough :-)
>
> Thanks
I am not aware of any such signal in gtk-/gobject space. Maybe some 
other service (like dbus) has something that can suite your needs? 
Personally, I would go for a simple gobject.timeout_add() call.

HTH

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