[Python-Dev] Event loops, PyOS_InputHook, and Tkinter

[Josiah Carlson]

I personally like Edward Loper's idea of just running your own event
handler which deals with drawing, suspend/resume, etc...

> If, however, Python contains an event loop that takes care of events as 
> well as Python commands, redrawing won't happen until Python has 
> executed all plot commands -- so no repainting in vain here.

...but even without posting and reading events as stated above, one
could check for plot events every 1/100th a second.  If there is an
update, and it has been 10/100 seconds since that undrawn event happened,
redraw. Tune that 10 up/down to alter responsiveness characteristics.

Or heck, if you are really lazy, people can use a plot() calls, but
until an update_plot() is called, the plot isn't updated.

There are many reasonable solutions to your problem, not all of which
involve changing Python's event loop.

 - Josiah