Tweaked the networking code to try and make pygame work - still not working...

lib/gtpsocket.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class GTPSocket:
 
         while msg is None:
             try:
+                select.select([self.socket], [], [])
                 msg = self.socket.recv(4096)
                 if msg[0] == '?':
                     print "Error: GTP response: " + msg

lib/networkthread.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # The board is also wrapped in a mutex, even though only this thread should modify it
 # if it exists.
 
+import select
 import threading
 import gtpsocket
 

lib/pygogui.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class GUI:
     def __init__(self, goban, settings):
         # Basic screen init
         pygame.init()
+        pygame.fastevent.init()
         # screen = pygame.display.set_mode((1000, 800))
         self.screen = sgc.surface.Screen((1000,800))
         pygame.display.set_caption('pyGo')
@@ -71,13 +72,12 @@ class GUI:
         self.wait_dialog = sgc.widgets.Dialog(title="Please wait...", widget=wait_label)
         self.wait_dialog.rect.center = self.screen.rect.center
 
-        # Generate a spurious event once a second, just to 
-        # force an update
-        pygame.time.set_timer(USEREVENT, 1000)
+        # Generate a spurious event 5 times a second, to force an 'fps' of 5
+        pygame.time.set_timer(USEREVENT, 200)
 
 
     def do_event(self):
-        event = pygame.event.wait()
+        event = pygame.fastevent.wait()
         sgc.widgets.event(event)
 
         if event.type == QUIT:
@@ -86,10 +86,7 @@ class GUI:
         if self.network_mode:
             # This set of events should only be called if we can currently play
             if self.goban.to_move == self.our_color:
-                print 'Processing an event while it is our turn: {}'.format(event)
-
-                # Hover a transparent stone over our
-                # cursor position, assuming play is legal
+                # Hover a transparent stone over our cursor position, assuming play is legal
                 if event.type == MOUSEMOTION:
                     with self.net_thread.goban_lock:
                         self.do_hover(event)
@@ -150,6 +147,7 @@ class GUI:
         except socket.error as exception:
             print 'Error: Socket creation failed: {}'.format(exception.args)
         else:
+            sock.setblocking(0)
             self.socket = gtpsocket.GTPSocket(sock)
             self.net_thread = networkthread.NetworkThread(self.goban, sock)
             self.net_thread.start()
@@ -167,6 +165,7 @@ class GUI:
             sock.bind(("127.0.0.1", 6859))
             sock.listen(1)
             conn, addr = sock.accept()
+            conn.setblocking(0)
             sock.close()
         except socket.error as exception:
             print 'Error: Socket creation failed: {}'.format(exception.args)