Re: auto refresh file in textview

[Rudra Banerjee <bnrj rudra yahoo com>]

Please ignore the previous post. google is giving some hints.
I will comeback if I failed.
On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 14:41 +0100, Rudra Banerjee wrote:
> I am sorry but I really don't know how to write on a buffer.
> I am writing on the file as:
>     FILE *fop = fopen(filename, "a" );
>     g_fprintf( fop, "@%s{%s,\n", strcombo, strkey );
>     g_fprintf( fop, "\tAuthor=%s,\n", strAuth);
> etc. and the buffer is defined as
> static void read_view(char *inpfn) {
>     char *buffer;
>     stat(inpfn, &filestat);
>     textbuffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(textview));
>     buffer = (char *) malloc(filestat.st_size * sizeof (char));
>     efile = fopen(inpfn, "r");
>     fread(buffer, filestat.st_size, 1, efile);
>     gtk_text_buffer_set_text(textbuffer, buffer, filestat.st_size);
>     free(buffer);
> }
>
> Can you please give me a hint how to write on a buffer? I am a novice,
> hope you will be kind.
> On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 13:33 +0100, jcupitt gmail com wrote:
> > Hi Rudra,
> >
> > On 23 August 2012 13:45, Rudra Banerjee <bnrj rudra yahoo com> wrote:
> > > whenever I am writing, it is saved, but to see the change, I have to
> > > reopen the file(obviously).
> >
> > What do you need to know? Do you want your textview to update as the
> > file changes?
> >
> > If your program is appending to the file as well as displaying in the
> > textview, it would be much simpler just to append to the textview
> > itself.
> >
> > John
>
>
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