Idle Method configuration parameter about remi

[dddomodossola]

Right now, the idle function is strictly related to the graphic update. What's the purpose of your request?

[KenT2]

I need to poll another process at intervals to see if it is running. I need to do this regularly, not just when there is a user event and Idle seemed to be the way you wanted it done,

Having thought about it further I think it would be better for Remi to implement an interval alarm like the tkinter.after() function

obj = gui.After(Interval (mS),'callback') and gui.AfterCancel(obj)

the alarm time is guaranteed to be not less than Interval but it can be more. It is a single shot alarm so if you want a repetitive interval you call After inside the callback.

This is probably safer from race conditions than Idle and more flexible. It would however need the ability to set an initial interval alarm in main() or in a callback that happens just after main() but before user events are serviced.

[nzjrs]

you can start your own thread.Timers in main() and then do what you want in that callback.

I also added access to outer scope via userdata, so you can do your own polling in your own mainloop and spin the REMI webapp thread where you like.

[dddomodossola]

Here is an example in order to start a new Timer with preferred interval:

class MyApp(App):
    def main(self):
        my_interval_func(0.1) #first call, then the function is called automatically by timer

def my_interval_func(update_interval):
    #here your operations executed at every update_interval
    Timer(update_interval, my_interval_func, (update_interval,)).start()

[KenT2]

Thanks
Have added an example of use to widgets_overview_app.py