Need to interrupt to check for mouse movement

[Paul Rubin]

Christopher Subich <spam.csubich+block at block.subich.spam.com> writes:
> > In the particular case of wxWidgets, it turns out that the *GUI*
> > blocks for long periods of time, preventing the *network* from
> > getting attention.  But I agree with your position for other
> > toolkits, such as Gtk, Qt, or Tk.
> 
> Wow, I'm not familiar with wxWidgets; how's that work?

Huh?  It's pretty normal, the gui blocks while waiting for events
from the window system.  I expect that Qt and Tk work the same way.