Re: Newbie question

[Emmanuele Bassi <bassi-e libero it>]

* martyn 2 russell bt com <martyn 2 russell bt com>:

> I would suggest:
>
>
>       G_CONST_RETURN gchar *entry_text = NULL;
>       gchar *value = NULL;
>
>       entry_text = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry));

Better:

        gchar *value = NULL;
        value = gtk_editable_get_chars (GTK_EDITABLE (entry), 0, -1);

        /* you may now use value, but in the end you must free it with: */
        g_free (value);

Regards,
 Emmanuele.

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