PyQt4 will only run in main???

[xaegis]

I am programming in python 2.6 from repo and I am attempting to thread my gui using OyQt4.

When I did a Tk GUI I was able to run the GUI in a separate thread no problem, but when I try to do the same with QT I get errors.
Is my supposition that Qt4 will only run from the Main thread?



import os
import pickle
import sys
import threading
import time

import SW_CharacterX
import SW_CombatX
import SW_CharacterCreator

#Qt gui boilerplate
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
import SW_Gui_Qt


class ThaThread ( threading.Thread ):

def run ( self ):
#RUN CHARACTER CREATOR
SW_CharacterCreator.main()
#RUN COMBAT
SW_CombatX.Combat()

def main():
#Again, Qt boilerplate...
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
window = SW_Gui_Qt.MainWindow()
window.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

return(0)


if __name__ == '__main__':

try:
ThaThread().start()
except:
print ("NO THREADING AVAILABLE")
import sys
sys.exit(1)

main()

main


Is this the only way to do this or is there a better way?

Thank you in advance!

[spjackson]

When I did a Tk GUI I was able to run the GUI in a separate thread no problem, but when I try to do the same with QT I get errors.
Is my supposition that Qt4 will only run from the Main thread?

See http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/threads-starting.html "In GUI applications, the main thread is also called the GUI thread because it's the only thread that is allowed to perform GUI-related operations."

This also applies to PyQt.

[xaegis]

That is what I needed to know. Thanks! :)