Re: GtkEntry problem

[Harring Figueiredo <harringf yahoo com>]

 Post that part of you code for use to take a look at it.

 At themoment that you do a g_strdup on it, the fact that it came from a Entry
has nothing to do with it.

 So, I am sure it is not because it is being cause by that.

HArring.

--- Amandip <asangh-1 broadpark no> wrote:
> 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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