Made posting an update a threaded action

apithreads.py

@@ -260,6 +260,29 @@ class GetUserLists(ApiThread):
 
 
 
+class PostUpdate(ApiThread):
+    def __init__(self, api, update, reply_id):
+        ApiThread.__init__(self, api)
+        self.sig_proxy = SigProxy()
+
+        self.update = update
+        self.reply_id = reply_id
+
+
+    def run(self):
+        try:
+            with self.api.lock:
+                self.api.PostUpdate(self.update, in_reply_to_status_id=self.reply_id)
+                success = True
+        except (HTTPError, URLError):
+            success = False
+
+        self.sig_proxy.emit('update-posted', success)
+
+### End class PostUpdate
+
+
+
 class SigProxy(gtk.Alignment):
     """
     This little class exists just so that we can have a gtk class in our
@@ -276,6 +299,10 @@ gobject.signal_new("lists-ready", SigProxy,
                    gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
                    gobject.TYPE_NONE, (gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT))
 
+gobject.signal_new("update-posted", SigProxy,
+                   gobject.SIGNAL_RUN_LAST,
+                   gobject.TYPE_NONE, (gobject.TYPE_PYOBJECT,))
+
 
 # We use these classes to emulate a Status object when we need
 # one to be built out of something else.

mytwitter.py

@@ -182,19 +182,13 @@ class MyTwitter():
     def update_status(self):
         reply_id = self.reply_id
         text = self.update_entry.get_text()
-        self.update_entry.set_text("")
 
-        with self.api.lock:
-            try:
-                self.api.PostUpdate(text, in_reply_to_status_id=reply_id)
-            except HTTPError,URLError:
-                self.update_status_bar('Failed to post tweet')
-                self.reply_id = None
-                return
+        thread = apithreads.PostUpdate(self.api, text, reply_id)
+        thread.sig_proxy.connect('update-posted', self.on_update_posted)
+        self.update_entry.set_sensitive(False)
+        self.update_status_bar('Posting...')
+        thread.start()
 
-        self.reply_id = None
-        self.update_status_bar('Tweet Posted')
-        
 
     def update_status_callback(self, widget):
         self.update_status()
@@ -483,7 +477,17 @@ class MyTwitter():
     def on_resize(self, widget, event):
         self.db['width'] =  event.width
         self.db['height'] = event.height
-        
+
+
+    def on_update_posted(self, widget, success):
+        if success:
+            self.reply_id = None
+            self.update_entry.set_text("")
+            self.update_status_bar('Tweet Posted')
+        else:
+            self.update_status_bar('Failed to post tweet')
+
+        self.update_entry.set_sensitive(True)
 
 ### end class MyTwitter