This may not be helpful as my Tk experience is V. limited - but I would.
1. Have code to create TK objects
2. Create a Thread::Queue and a threads::shared variable to check if process is finished.
3. Create 'thread' passing in my Queue as param
4. Within thread, launch separate prog. Write prog's ouput to Queue. Set the threads::shared variable when complete.
5. In main body, loop and check for output on Queue with dequeue_nb. If I get some, write it to Tk objects. Check threads::shared variable to see if process is finished. When process is finished exit loop.
6. Join threads.

In reply to Re: Tk + threads by markwx
in thread Tk + threads by knirirr

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