Re: gtk_editable_insert_text()

[Jonathan Irwin <jmi25 cam ac uk>]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Marcelo CB wrote:

<...>
> I will get the expected result. But if I use an intermediary gint to hold
> the value of "pos" the text will be inserted but he cursor wont move.
>
> //
> gint position;
> position = *pos;
> gtk_editable_insert_text (editable, text, length, &position);
> //
>
> So I understand that gtk_editable_insert_text() must get a pointer to this
> int that is used to set the cursor position somewhere ahead and comes from?
<...>

This is just a guess, but perhaps the GtkText widget is storing the
pointer rather than making a copy of what it points to.  In that case when
the callback returns (which will be before the widget is updated) the
pointer becomes invalid.  This is easily tested:  try declaring the
variable 'position' as static in the function.

Otherwise I can't see anything wrong in your code (but note I'm not very
familiar with GtkText or GtkEditable).

Hope this helps

Jonathan