Re: Put text in a textwidget from main.c (using Glade)

[Markus Lausser <sgop users sourceforge net>]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 08:10:32PM +0100 Magnus-swe wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Im having trouble finding an answer on inserting text in an already
> created Textwidget from Main.c
> Using Glade.
>
> I have no trouble putting text in the textbox from callbacks.c, but i
> want it done when the application starts
>
> i also want to know how to put some text in an entrywidget in the same
> manner.
>
> This the code that gets the text wich i want to set in the textbox
>
> FILE *file = fopen("MasqFire-Table", "r");
> char buffer[1024];
> if (!file] return -1;
> while (fgets(buffer,  1024, file)!=NULL)
>
> //printf(  buffer );
>
> fclose ( file );
>
>
> An example would be nice :)
>
> // Magnus-swe

int main(...)
{
  [...]

  win = create_main_window();
  setup_text_widgets();
  gtk_widget_show(win);
  gtk_main();

  [...]
}

void setup_text_widgets() 
{
  [...]

  // maybe first clear the text widget
  [...]  

  // open file
  [...]

  // load file into text widget  
  gtk_text_freeze(gtk_text);
  while (line = read_line_from_file())
    gtk_text_insert(gtk_text, ...., line);
  gtk_text_thaw(gtk_text);

  // close file and do something else
  [...]
}