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From: Jabba Laci <jabba.laci@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:39:39 +0200
Subject: Re: monitor mouse coordinates in real-time
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I'm trying something similar. In the thread there is a variable which
is modified by the parent. However, the thread doesn't quit the
infinite loop. If someone could provide a patch, that'd be really
useful.

Thanks,

Laszlo

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 13:00, TheSaint <no@nowhere.net.no> wrote:
> Jabba Laci wrote:
>
>> Could you please help me out how to close the application correctly?
>>
> I think you should put a flag into the code, which the parent might modify
> it, so it will tell the child process to quit.
> Then the flag should need to be read periodically to know whether is time to
> quit.
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