Is GTK+ thread safe? How do I write multi-threaded GTK+ applications? [GTK 2.x]

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  GtkWidget *window;

  /* init threads */	
  g_thread_init(NULL);
  gdk_threads_init();
  
  /* init gtk */
  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

  window = create_window();
  gtk_widget_show(window);

  gdk_threads_enter();
  gtk_main();
  gdk_threads_leave();

  return 0;
}

/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Filename:      gtk-thread.c
 * Version:       1.99.1
 * Copyright:     Copyright (C) 1999, Erik Mouw
 * Author:        Erik Mouw <J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl>
 * Description:   GTK threads example.
 * Created at:    Sun Oct 17 21:27:09 1999
 * Modified by:   Owen Taylor <otaylor@gtk.org>
 * Modified at:   Wed May 28 10:43:00 2003
 *-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/*
 * Compile with:
 *
 * cc -o gtk-thread gtk-thread.c `pkg-config --cflags --libs gtk+-2.0 gthread-2.0`
 *
 * Thanks to Sebastian Wilhelmi for pointing out some bugs in earlier versions.
 *
 */

#include <unistd.h>
#include <gtk/gtk.h>

#define YES_IT_IS    (1)
#define NO_IT_IS_NOT (0)

typedef struct
{
  GtkWidget *label;
  int what;
} yes_or_no_args;

G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC (yes_or_no);
static volatile int yes_or_no = YES_IT_IS;

void destroy(GtkWidget *widget, gpointer data)
{
  gtk_main_quit();
}

void *argument_thread(void *args)
{
  yes_or_no_args *data = (yes_or_no_args *)args;
  gboolean say_something;

  for(;;)
    {
      /* sleep a while */
      sleep(g_random_int_range (1, 4));

      /* lock the yes_or_no_variable */
      G_LOCK(yes_or_no);

      /* do we have to say something? */
      say_something = (yes_or_no != data->what);

      if(say_something)
	{
	  /* set the variable */
	  yes_or_no = data->what;
	}

      /* Unlock the yes_or_no variable */
      G_UNLOCK(yes_or_no);

      if(say_something)
	{
	  /* get GTK thread lock */
	  gdk_threads_enter();

	  /* set label text */
	  if(data->what == YES_IT_IS)
	    gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(data->label), "O yes, it is!");
	  else
	    gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(data->label), "O no, it isn't!");

	  /* Make sure all X commands are sent to the X server; not strictly
	   * necessary here, but always a good idea when you do anything
	   * from a thread other than the one where the main loop is running.
	   */
	  gdk_flush ();

	  /* release GTK thread lock */
	  gdk_threads_leave();
	}
    }

  return NULL;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  GtkWidget *window;
  GtkWidget *label;
  GError *error = NULL;
  yes_or_no_args yes_args, no_args;

  /* init threads */
  g_thread_init(NULL);
  gdk_threads_init();

  /* init gtk */
  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

  /* create a window */
  window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

  g_signal_connect(window, "destroy",
		   G_CALLBACK(destroy), NULL);

  gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);

  /* create a label */
  label = gtk_label_new("And now for something completely different ...");
  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), label);

  /* show everything */
  gtk_widget_show(label);
  gtk_widget_show (window);

  /* create the threads */
  yes_args.label = label;
  yes_args.what = YES_IT_IS;
  if (!g_thread_create(argument_thread, &yes_args, FALSE, &error))
    {
      g_printerr ("Failed to create YES thread: %s\n", error->message);
      return 1;
    }

  no_args.label = label;
  no_args.what = NO_IT_IS_NOT;
  if (!g_thread_create(argument_thread, &no_args, FALSE, &error))
    {
      g_printerr ("Failed to create NO thread: %s\n", error->message);
      return 1;
    }

  /* enter the GTK main loop */
  gdk_threads_enter();
  gtk_main();
  gdk_threads_leave();

  return 0;
}