> > I've been trying to use g_spawn_async_with_pipes to run wget, and have it > write the page to stdout (with output going to stderr along with anything > that would normally go there), and then syphon these off. The output I > was hoping to display in a little GtkTextView log window (hidden inside an > extender), while the fetched page (which is just a text file containing a > list of variable=value pairs, some of which I'll be displaying in a dialog > box) would be parsed as it came in over the spawned wget's stdout. > > This is not working for me. I'm not even going to bother posting my code, > because it's a total cock-up. Does anyone have any examples I could look > at, or hints on how to do this kind of thing (running a program and > capturing both output channels) properly? > > > And as an alternative, any suggestions on fundamentally better ways of > fetching a web page asynchonously? I'm more than willing to do something > drastically simple instead but dastedly effective, and forgo the whole > g_spawn_* experience for now just to have a working program instead.
the easiest way is to use gnet library (www.gnetlibrary.org) that depends on glib. hs _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
