Re: dynamic gtk_list_store

[John Coppens <john jcoppens com>]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:02:14 -0400 (EDT)
Allin Cottrell <cottrell wfu edu> wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, John Coppens wrote:
>
> > I'm writing (trying to, at least) write an app where I need liststore
> > - type of table, but not only the number of rows varies - also the
> > number of columns varies quite dynamically.
> >
> > I can't find an elegant way to do this. The idea of defining a
> > fixed-width list at the beginning seems limiting to me, or is that
> > really the way to go? Or is it necessary to write a new store type
> > first?
>
> I'd be interested in the answer to this too.  I haven't found a way to
> dyamically resize a liststore (add columns).  I have resorted to
> building a new one, copying the information across, and destroying the
> old one.

Yes - and I'm not even sure how to destroy the old store either,
without creating a memory leak. I think I found most of the tutorials and
examples on the web, but none resizes the data store, or even destroys it.

John