Re: GtkEntry problem

[Amandip <asangh-1 broadpark no>]

Hi, thank you for your help, but I still cannot get the application to work!
The thing is, that I am parsing the string my_str (gotten from 
gtk_entry_get_text) using strtok. And strtok is obviously known to mess 
up its argument-string. But my parsing-routine is working good when I 
give it strings recieved from scanf etc. And it crashes only when I give 
it a string gotten from gtk_entry_get_text (in the callback function of 
a GtkEntry-field). The error that occurs seem to be memory related 
(malloc etc.)

Can you think of any thing that might be causing this?

Thank you very much,
Amandip

Harring Figueiredo wrote:

>  char* my_str = g_strdup(gtk_entry_get_text(_entry));
>
>  // Make SURE you free my_str after you are done
>
>Harring
>
>--- Amandip <asangh-1@broadpark.no> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm writing an application which needs some text-input from a little 
>>GtkEntry (about 10 chars). After I retrieve this string of characters 
>>(with gtk_entry_get_text placed in a callback-function), I pass thiss 
>>string on to another function, which I have written, for further 
>>processing etc...
>>The problem is obviously that gtk_entry_get_text returns
>>
>>" a pointer to the contents of the widget as a string. This string 
>>points to internally allocated storage in the widget and must not be 
>>freed, modified or stored."
>>
>>so this causes my application to crash, because I try to modify this 
>>string.
>>
>>How can I retrieve the contents from a GtkEntry-field, and store and 
>>modify the contents as I see fit?
>>
>>Appreciate any help,
>>thanks,
>>Amandip
>>
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