[pygtk] date changed signal ?

[Darren Hart]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Walter Leibbrandt
<walter at translate.org.za> wrote:
> 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.

I was considering that as well.  I'll probably end up going that route.

Thanks,

-- 
Darren Hart