Use pthread to load thumbnails

Makefile

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CC?=gcc
 PREFIX?=/usr/local
 CFLAGS+= -Wall -pedantic -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
 LDFLAGS+= 
-LIBS+= -lX11 -lImlib2
+LIBS+= -lX11 -lImlib2 -lpthread
 
 SRCFILES=$(wildcard *.c)
 OBJFILES=$(SRCFILES:.c=.o)

main.c

@@ -473,19 +473,22 @@ void run() {
 	timeout = 0;
 
 	while (1) {
-		if (timeout) {
+		if (timeout || (mode == MODE_THUMBS && !tns.loaded)) {
 			t.tv_sec = 0;
 			t.tv_usec = 250;
 			xfd = ConnectionNumber(win.env.dpy);
 			FD_ZERO(&fds);
 			FD_SET(xfd, &fds);
-			
+
 			if (!XPending(win.env.dpy) && !select(xfd + 1, &fds, 0, 0, &t)) {
 				timeout = 0;
 				if (mode == MODE_NORMAL)
 					img_render(&img, &win);
 				else
 					tns_render(&tns, &win);
+
+				if (mode == MODE_THUMBS && !tns.loaded && !XPending(win.env.dpy))
+					continue;
 			}
 		}
 

thumbs.c

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include <Imlib2.h>
 
@@ -24,23 +26,28 @@
 #include "thumbs.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
+typedef struct tload_s {
+	const char **filenames;
+	tns_t *tns;
+	win_t *win;
+} tload_t;
+
 const int thumb_dim = THUMB_SIZE + 10;
 
-void tns_load(tns_t *tns, win_t *win, const char **fnames, int fcnt) {
+pthread_t loader;
+tload_t tinfo;
+
+void* thread_load(void *arg) {
 	int i, w, h;
 	float z, zw, zh;
+	tload_t *tl;
 	thumb_t *t;
 	Imlib_Image *im;
 
-	if (!tns || !win || !fnames || !fcnt)
-		return;
-	
-	tns->thumbs = (thumb_t*) s_malloc(fcnt * sizeof(thumb_t));
-	tns->cnt = fcnt;
-	tns->loaded = 0;
+	tl = (tload_t*) arg;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < fcnt; ++i) {
-		if (!(im = imlib_load_image(fnames[i])))
+	for (i = 0; i < tl->tns->cnt; ++i) {
+		if (!(im = imlib_load_image(tl->filenames[i])))
 			continue;
 
 		imlib_context_set_image(im);
@@ -51,16 +58,43 @@ void tns_load(tns_t *tns, win_t *win, const char **fnames, int fcnt) {
 		zh = (float) THUMB_SIZE / (float) h;
 		z = MIN(zw, zh);
 
-		t = &tns->thumbs[i];
+		t = &tl->tns->thumbs[i];
 		t->w = z * w;
 		t->h = z * h;
 
-		t->pm = win_create_pixmap(win, t->w, t->h);
+		t->pm = win_create_pixmap(tl->win, t->w, t->h);
 		imlib_context_set_drawable(t->pm);
 		imlib_render_image_part_on_drawable_at_size(0, 0, w, h,
 		                                            0, 0, t->w, t->h);
+		t->loaded = 1;
 		imlib_free_image();
 	}
+
+	tl->tns->loaded = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void tns_load(tns_t *tns, win_t *win, const char **fnames, int fcnt) {
+	pthread_attr_t tattr;
+
+	if (!tns || !win || !fnames || !fcnt)
+		return;
+	
+	tns->thumbs = (thumb_t*) s_malloc(fcnt * sizeof(thumb_t));
+	memset(tns->thumbs, 0, fcnt * sizeof(thumb_t));
+	tns->cnt = fcnt;
+	tns->loaded = 0;
+
+	tinfo.filenames = fnames;
+	tinfo.tns = tns;
+	tinfo.win = win;
+
+	pthread_attr_init(&tattr);
+	pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&tattr, PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE);
+
+	if (pthread_create(&loader, &tattr, thread_load, (void*) &tinfo))
+		die("could not create thread");
 }
 
 void tns_free(tns_t *tns, win_t *win) {
@@ -96,6 +130,9 @@ void tns_render(tns_t *tns, win_t *win) {
 	i = tns->first;
 
 	while (i < cnt) {
+		if (!tns->thumbs[i].loaded)
+			continue;
+
 		tns->thumbs[i].x = x + (THUMB_SIZE - tns->thumbs[i].w) / 2;
 		tns->thumbs[i].y = y + (THUMB_SIZE - tns->thumbs[i].h) / 2;
 		win_draw_pixmap(win, tns->thumbs[i].pm, tns->thumbs[i].x,

thumbs.h

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ typedef struct thumb_s {
 	int w;
 	int h;
 	Pixmap pm;
+	unsigned char loaded;
 } thumb_t;
 
 typedef struct tns_s {