Re: [gtk-list] Carriage Return/Line Feed in GTK Text Box

[Lyndon Drake <lyndon stat auckland ac nz>]

On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 10:19:37AM -0500, Crampton, Ray  wrote:
> I am using a gtk text box in an application where I write characters one at
> a time as they are received over a network connection. Here's my
> gtk_insert_text line:
> 
> gtk_text_insert(GTK_TEXT(text_box),NULL,NULL,NULL,buff,1);
> 
> Here are some earlier declarations:
> 
> char buff[5];
> GtkWidget *main_text_box;
> main_text_box = gtk_text_new (NULL,NULL);
> 
> When I try to insert a carriage return / line feed nothing happens. Any help
> in how to handle this so that CR/LF acts "normally" would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 

You could try emitting a "key_press_event" signal to the text box, with a
GDK_Return key code.

Lyndon