joinable and detached POSIX threads (not fully tested yet)

[wxWidgets.git] / docs / latex / wx / tthreads.tex

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/tthreads.tex b/docs/latex/wx/tthreads.tex
index c1ef2fdfff0e686f5a3daf8f16909ed9a4ffb8ee..2e1d6cb80deef9ad3db99f7fba4d217e0b554ca9 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/tthreads.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/tthreads.tex
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ wxWindows provides a complete set of classes encapsulating objects necessary in
 multithreaded (MT) programs: the \helpref{thread}{wxthread} class itself and different
 synchronization objects: \helpref{mutexes}{wxmutex} and 
 \helpref{critical sections}{wxcriticalsection} with 
 multithreaded (MT) programs: the \helpref{thread}{wxthread} class itself and different
 synchronization objects: \helpref{mutexes}{wxmutex} and 
 \helpref{critical sections}{wxcriticalsection} with 

-\helpref{conditions}{wxcondition}.
+\helpref{conditions}{wxcondition}. The thread API in wxWindows resembles to
+POSIX1.c threads API (a.k.a. pthreads), although several functions have
+different names and some features inspired by Win32 thread API are there as
+well.

 
 These classes will hopefully make writing MT programs easier and they also
 provide some extra error checking (compared to the native (be it Win32 or Posix)
 
 These classes will hopefully make writing MT programs easier and they also
 provide some extra error checking (compared to the native (be it Win32 or Posix)


@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ new thread for each new client), but in others it might be a very poor choice
 (example: launching a separate thread when doing a long computation to show a
 progress dialog). Other implementation choices are available: for the progress
 dialog example it is far better to do the calculations in the 
 (example: launching a separate thread when doing a long computation to show a
 progress dialog). Other implementation choices are available: for the progress
 dialog example it is far better to do the calculations in the 

-\helpref{idle handler}{wxidleevent} or call \helpref{wxYield()}{wxyield}
+\helpref{idle handler}{wxidleevent} or call \helpref{wxYield()}{wxyield} 

 periodically to update the screen.
 
 If you do decide to use threads in your application, it is strongly recommended
 periodically to update the screen.
 
 If you do decide to use threads in your application, it is strongly recommended