Extremely laggy file move. [patch attached] about geeqie

[installgentoo]

Okay i tested this, doesn't seem to crash anything, shouldn't have races. Here's the patch

--- a/src/utilops.cc
+++ b/src/utilops.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "metadata.h"
 #include "exif.h"
 
+#include <thread>
 #define DIALOG_WIDTH 750
 
 static GdkPixbuf *file_util_get_error_icon(FileData *fd, GList *list, GtkWidget *widget);
@@ -1202,8 +1203,10 @@
 
 static void file_util_dest_folder_entry_cb(GtkWidget *UNUSED(entry), gpointer data)
 {
+	std::thread([=] {
 	auto ud = static_cast<UtilityData *>(data);
 	file_util_dest_folder_update_path(ud);
+	}).detach();
 }
 
 /* format: * = filename without extension, ## = number position, extension is kept */

[WojciechMula]

A detached thread will be unconditionally terminated when Geeqie process is closed before moving is done.

A perfect solution would be a thread that gets commands from other components and perform some possibly long-running operation and that can be queried by the main thread about progress/pending ops.