Fix freeze when using threaded RTS on windows #91
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There is a bug on Windows with recent versions of gtk (tested with 2.24.24, 2.24.25 and 3.14.8) that causes whole application to freeze when moving window. Also its mentioned here #33.
The underlying issue is somewhere deep in gtk callback hell where gdk_threads_enter() is getting called twice resulting in deadlock.
The only reason this issue is not observed in non threaded programs is becaue gdk_threads_init() is only called when compiling with -threaded.
This workaround simply replaces default gdk locking functions that use nonrecursive mutex with those that use recursive one.
Also here is simple c program that demonstrates this issue http://pastebin.com/5Gz2KdmA.