[avahi] browsing without event loop ?

[Lennart Poettering]

On Thu, 30.08.07 10:37, Olivier (o.r-d at laposte.net) wrote:

> Hei,

> I am trying to write a python avahi client. I want to get the name
> of machines publising a given service but I would like to AVOID
> using the gtk og qt loop.  Is there a way to do that ?

You need some kind of event loop to process events coming from the
Avahi server. It may be any event loop implementation that dbus-python
supports.

Why would you want to avoid running an event loop anyway?

> I have the browse.py example working. Seems that I also made it work
> with a qt loop(even if I need the dbus.glib import).  I am writing a
> small xmrpcserver and I only want to check for available services
> once in a while in another thread.

Hmm? Once in a while? Browsing for services is intended to be a long
running operation. Nothing you do in a "one-shot way". That would be
a waste of resources. 

Lennart

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