[Interest] QIcons and multithreading

[Sensei]

On 4/3/13 4:14 PM, Alan Ezust wrote:

> no. You can't create widgets or QPixmap in other threads.
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>     The warning is "QPixmap: It is not safe to use pixmaps outside the GUI
>     thread".
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> Correct.
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>     Also, besides QIcons, am I heading for disaster in creating widgets as I
>     am doing in a separate threads?
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> Yes.
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Might I ask why is this?

I don't start un-parented threads, my threads are always parent of my 
main window... not that this could somehow ameliorate the fact that I 
need refactoring. :)

Thanks!