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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rich <rich@example.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl Subject: Re: GUI is non-responsive during a long database interaction Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:52:23 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 12 Message-ID: <vqcudn$346r4$1@dont-email.me> References: <vqcmt3$32s62$1@dont-email.me> Injection-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:52:24 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f51515c8f32f77cba34c1daf5b15c121"; logging-data="3283812"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/d8wW1eQ6+uGn+PSUCjzrM" User-Agent: tin/2.6.1-20211226 ("Convalmore") (Linux/5.15.139 (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:RM4J6Wf2PHeXPXrgCkdVmy8pw6w= Bytes: 1346 Alan Grunwald <nospam.nurdglaw@gmail.com> wrote: > In the meantime, I tried to execute the database interaction in a > separate thread (?) by running it as an [after idle] script but this > didn't have the desired effect An after idle script is not a "separate thread", as you've now discovered. For real threads, use the 'thread' extension: https://www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl/ThreadCmd/thread.htm