Re: [Beginner] How to write at the end of a GtkTextBuffer ?

[Vivien Malerba <vmalerba gmail com>]

On 4/23/05, Olivier Ramare <Olivier Ramare math univ-lille1 fr> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>    I have troubles understanding (and controlling) where
> to write on a GtkTextBuffer. Here are my variables :
>
>    SGinfosbuffer=gtk_text_buffer_new(NULL);
>    SGinfos=gtk_text_view_new_with_buffer(SGinfosbuffer);
>    SGscrolledinfos=gtk_scrolled_window_new(NULL,NULL);
>    gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(SGscrolledinfos),SGinfos);
>
> and I write in it via:
>
> void SG_print_infos(char *letexte)
> {
>      gtk_text_buffer_insert_at_cursor (SGinfosbuffer,letexte,-1);
>      while (gtk_events_pending()) gtk_main_iteration(); /* flush */
>      gtk_widget_show_all(SGinfos);
> }
>
> All goes well until the text in  SGinfosbuffer gets out of the
> viewed area. Then some messages are repeated, and some times
> when I scroll the buffer down I discover the text has been
> inserted at uncanny places (almost reversed order sometimes).
>
> What I want :
>    -- the info written always at the end of the buffer
>    -- this end should be in the viewable area (scroll if needed).
> I can't quite get an inkling as to this last one either :-(

I wrote a SQL console widget which has the same usage as the one you
mention here. You can have a look at the code in the
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/libgnomedb/libgnomedb/gnome-db-sql-console.c?rev=1.2&view=markup
file.

Cheers,

Vivien