Re: Complete and Minimal Example of gtk_combo_box_new_text failure??

[Jeff Franks <jcfranks tpg com au>]

Olivier wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>   Below is a program that goes to Segmentation fault when any
> string in the combo_box is selected.
>   Any help would be appreciated!
>   Best,
>   Amities,
>            Olivier
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <gtk/gtk.h>
>
> void my_gtk_widget_destroy(GtkWidget *widget)
> {
>     gtk_widget_destroy(widget);
>     gtk_main_quit();
> }
>
> void selecter(GtkComboBox *combo)
> {
>     char *name;
>
>     if ((name = gtk_combo_box_get_active_text (combo)) == NULL){
>         printf("What are we doing in here ???");
>     } else {
>        printf("Ok %s \n", name);};
> }
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>     GtkWidget *window, *my_combo_box;
>
>     gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
>     window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
>     g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(window), "destroy",
>                      G_CALLBACK(my_gtk_widget_destroy), NULL);
>     my_combo_box = gtk_combo_box_new_text();
>     gtk_combo_box_append_text(GTK_COMBO_BOX(my_combo_box), "Oui");
>     gtk_combo_box_append_text(GTK_COMBO_BOX(my_combo_box), "Non");
>     /*gtk_combo_box_set_active(GTK_COMBO_BOX (my_combo_box),0);*/
>     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT(my_combo_box), "changed",
>                       G_CALLBACK (selecter), NULL);
>     gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), my_combo_box);
>     gtk_widget_show_all(window);
>     gtk_main();
>
>     return 0;
> }
>
> /*
> gcc -Wall -pedantic essai.c -o essai.o  -lm `pkg-config --cflags 
> --libs gtk+-2.0`
>
> */
When I compile with this:

gcc -Wall -pedantic essai.c -o essai  -lm `pkg-config --cflags --libs 
gtk+-2.0`

it compiles fine - no segmentation faults.

Jeff