darktable.gui.create_job

function(
  text : string,
  [percentage : boolean],
  [cancel_callback : function]
) : types.dt_lua_backgroundjob_t

Create a new progress_bar displayed in darktable.gui.libs.backgroundjobs

text - string - The text to display in the job entry
[percentage] - boolean - Should a progress bar be displayed
[cancel_callback] - function - A function called when the cancel button for that job is pressed. Note: the job won’t be destroyed automatically. You need to set types.dt_lua_backgroundjob_t.valid to false for that.
return - types.dt_lua_backgroundjob_t - The newly created job object

🔗cancel_callback

function(
  job : types.dt_lua_backgroundjob_t
)