Re: Auto Scrolling

[Leo Przybylski <leo leosandbox org>]

It seems to work for me except for some reason the ScrollingWindow 
always rescrolls to the top. Does anyone on the list know why this is 
happening or how I get it to stop?

Leo

Carlo wrote:

> Leo Przybylski ha scritto lo scorso 28/10/2004 22.46:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to tail a file using a GtkTextView. Is that the right way 
> > I should be going about it? Does anyone have examples or anything for 
> > an autoscrolliing GtkTextView ???
> >
> > Leo
>
>
> You have to place a textiter at the end of your text buffer:
>
>     gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter (buffer, & end_iter);
>
> move an already generated mark to such iter (you can generate it once 
> for all, e.g. in a realize_event, and use it referencing by name until 
> your textview lives; in this case I gave it the name "scroll"):
>
>     gtk_text_buffer_move_mark_by_name (buffer, "scroll", & end_iter);
>
> and finally scroll (tvShell here is the textview to which buffer is 
> associated):
>
>     gtk_text_view_scroll_mark_onscreen (
>                                GTK_TEXT_VIEW (tvShell),
>                                gtk_text_buffer_get_mark (
>                                                    buffer,
>                                                    "scroll"));
>
> HTH
>
> Carlo
>
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