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["Paul Akkermans" <paulakkermans wanadoo nl>]

Hi group,

I have the following code:
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/*
 *File name: text.c
 */

#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <glib.h>

/*-- This function allows the program to exit properly when the window is closed --*/
//gint destroyapp (GtkWidget *widget, gpointer gdata)
//{
//  g_print ("Quitting...\n");
//  gtk_main_quit();
//  return (FALSE);
//}

int create_new (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  /*-- Declare the GTK Widgets used in the program --*/
  GtkWidget *window;
  GtkWidget *text;

  gchar *buffer = "This is some sample text";  

  /*--  Initialize GTK --*/
  gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

  /*-- Create the new window --*/
  window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

  /*-- Create a text area --*/
  text = gtk_text_new(NULL, NULL);

  /*-- Set text area to be editable --*/
  gtk_text_set_editable(GTK_TEXT (text), TRUE);

  /*-- Connect the window to the destroyapp function  --*/
 // gtk_signal_connect(GTK_OBJECT(window), "delete_event", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(destroyapp), NULL);

  /*-- Add the text area to the window --*/
  gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), text);

  /*-- Add some text to the window --*/
  gtk_text_insert(GTK_TEXT(text), NULL, NULL, NULL, buffer, strlen(buffer));

  /*-- Set window border to zero so that text area takes up the whole window --*/
  gtk_container_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 0);

  /*-- Set the window to be 640 x 200 pixels --*/
  gtk_window_set_default_size (GTK_WINDOW(window), 640, 200);

  /*-- Set the window title --*/
  gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW (window), "Text Area");

  /*-- Display the widgets --*/
  gtk_widget_show(text);  
  gtk_widget_show(window);
    
  /*-- Start the GTK event loop --*/
  gtk_main();

  /*-- Return 0 if exit is successful --*/
  return 0;
}
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It is my intention to read out the characters that are typed in in the text window. But I don't know how to 
do this. Can anybody help me?

Thanks in advance 

Paul Akkermans