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shin	2010-02-09 , 10:59
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gtk seems to be providing two timeout functions: gtk_timeout_add and gtk_timeout_add_seconds. The later is being suggested in various forums as in here and here, since it groups the program 'wake-ups' to reduce the frequency as against _timeout_add. The benefit is that, using _timeout_add_seconds reduces the number of program wake-ups and saves battery power..

If this is true, I wanted to use :

Code:

gobject.timeout_add_seconds(1, self.update)

as against

Code:

gobject.timeout_add(1000, self.update)

However when I use "gobject.timeout_add_seconds", in a desktop widget context for diablo, I get this error msg

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'timeout_add_seconds'

Any pointers on how I can use timeout_add_seconds to save power on the device.

TiA
Shin

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