* Seth Remington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> You've created two pointers to a GtkTextIter, but they don't point to a
> valid GtkTextIter structure in memory. Here's what you probably meant to
> do...
>
> void insertCustomer( GtkWidget *customers )
> {
> GtkTextBuffer *specialBuffer;
> GtkTextView *specialView;
> GtkTextIter start;
> GtkTextIter end;
> gchar* *specialText;
>
> specialView = lookup_widget(customers, "cust_instructions");
> specialBuffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer(specialView);
> gtk_text_buffer_get_bounds(specialBuffer, &start, &end);
> specialText = gtk_text_buffer_get_text(specialBuffer, &start, &end,
> FALSE);
> g_print("Special Text: %s \n",specialText);
> }The gtk_text_buffer_get_text() routine does *not* work. * Alejandro Garc?a Rodr?guez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hello, list! > > The following link tells you how to get the contents of the > entire text widget as a string: > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gtk/gtk-question-index.html#id2850623 No it's not. that url doesn't resolve (at least as far as the #id tag goes). Additionally, your suggestion doesn't work either... > buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer (GTK_TEXT_VIEW (text_view)); > gtk_text_buffer_get_bounds (buffer, &start, &end); > text = gtk_text_iter_get_text (&start, &end); > ...use text... > g_free (text); In both of these instances I get the following error: Gtk-WARNING **: Invalid text buffer iterator: either the iter ator is uninitialized, or the characters/pixbufs/widgets in the buffer have been modified since the iterator was created. You must use marks, character numbers, or line numbers to preserve a position ac ross buffer modifications. You can apply tags and insert marks without invalidating your iterators, but any mutation that affects 'indexable' buffer contents (contents that can be referred to by character offset) will invalidate all outstanding iterators -- .''`. Carl B. Constantine : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] `. `' GnuPG: 135F FC30 7A02 B0EB 61DB 34E3 3AF1 DC6C 9F7A 3FF8 `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom
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