Did some ApiThread refactoring, made the refresh button only refresh the current pane, and helped child threads die on exit

apithreads.py

@@ -17,10 +17,19 @@ class SafeApi(Api):
 
 
 
-class GetTweets(Thread):
-    def __init__(self, api, list_name, pane, num_entries, username):
+class ApiThread(Thread):
+    def __init__(self, api):
         Thread.__init__(self)
         self.api = api
+        self.setDaemon(True)
+
+# End class ApiThread
+
+
+
+class GetTweets(ApiThread):
+    def __init__(self, api, list_name, pane, num_entries, username):
+        ApiThread.__init__(self, api)
         self.list_name = list_name
         self.pane = pane
         self.num_entries = num_entries
@@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ class GetTweets(Thread):
                 else:
                     statuses = results_to_statuses(self.api.Search(self.list_name, rpp=self.num_entries))
 
-            except HTTPError,URLError:
+            except (HTTPError, URLError):
                 statuses = None
 
         gtk.gdk.threads_enter()
@@ -72,10 +81,9 @@ class GetTweets(Thread):
 
 
 
-class GetSingleTweet(Thread):
-    def __init__(self, api, pane, single_tweet):
-        Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.api = api
+class GetSingleTweet(ApiThread):
+    def __init__(self, pane, single_tweet):
+        ApiThread.__init__(self, api)
         self.pane = pane
         self.single_tweet = single_tweet
 
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ class GetSingleTweet(Thread):
         with self.api.lock:
             try:
                 statuses.append(self.api.GetStatus(self.single_tweet))
-            except HTTPError,URLError:
+            except (HTTPError, URLError):
                 statuses = None
 
         gtk.gdk.threads_enter()
@@ -99,10 +107,9 @@ class GetSingleTweet(Thread):
 
 
 
-class GetFollowing(Thread):
+class GetFollowing(ApiThread):
     def __init__(self, api, pane, user):
-        Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.api = api
+        ApiThread.__init__(self, api)
         self.pane = pane
         self.user = user
 
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ class GetFollowing(Thread):
             with self.api.lock:
                 relationship = self.api.ShowFriendships(target_screen_name=screen_name)
             following = relationship.source.following
-        except HTTPError,URLError:
+        except (HTTPError, URLError):
             following = false
 
         self.pane.set_following(following)
@@ -123,10 +130,9 @@ class GetFollowing(Thread):
 
 
 
-class GetVerified(Thread):
+class GetVerified(ApiThread):
     def __init__(self, api, pane, user):
-        Thread.__init__(self)
-        self.api = api
+        ApiThread.__init__(self, api)
         self.pane = pane
         self.user = user
 
@@ -138,12 +144,11 @@ class GetVerified(Thread):
             with self.api.lock:
                 user = self.api.GetUser(screen_name)
             verified = user.verified
-        except HTTPError,URLError:
+        except (HTTPError, URLError):
             verified = false
 
         self.pane.set_verified(verified)
 
-
 ### End class GetVerified