Re: [gtk-list] GtkText bug (?)

[Evan Lawrence <evan unix worldpath net>]

On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Tim Wilson wrote:

> I'm trying to insert a bunch of colored text into a GtkText widget and I
> also want it to
> scroll down along with the horizontal scrollbar.  What happens is I get
> this error:
> 
> ** ERROR **: file gtktext.c: line 2780 (advance_mark_n): "n > 0"
> IOT trap/Abort (core dumped)
> 
> That error happens when I just use a bunch of gtk_text_insert()'s.
> When I use gtk_text_freeze() then insert colored text and then use
> gtk_text_thaw()
> it works perfectly.. except the text widget/scrollbar don't move down as
> I need.
> 
> Any ideas?

Try inserting and deleting a character, after you've thawed the text
widget - I'm not positive of this, but I don't think the scrollbar gets
updated when you insert text while the widget's frozen, and since there
are no functions for setting the position, this would be the only
work-around..