Re: [gtk-list] Re: yet another victm of lack of docs.....

[Ian Main <slow intergate bc ca>]

On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, The Rasterman wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Ian Main wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, The Rasterman wrote:
> > 
> > > Well yet again.. I seem to be having a bad day with gtk....
> > > 
> > > and this one is interesting:
> > >   411 root      13   0 78044  71M   768 S       0  2.5 57.6   8:35 X
> > > 
> > > yup.
> > > xserver is sitting at 71Mb RSS.
> > > 
> > > and yes. its gtk.
> > > 
> > > I've created a gtklist wiht a whole bunch of list items.. this happens
> > > when i insert like 200+ or so.... is this jus a defficienvy in gtk, or is
> > > there some other widget i should use?
> > > (heres the code to add one item to the list):
> > 
> > I'd recommend using Jay's clist.  You'll see some documentation in the
> > header gtkclist.h.  It's the same one I used in the new filesel.  It's
> > *WAY* faster, looks nicer IMO, and hopefully won't suffer from this
> > problem. 
> 
> hmm okay. I just used the normal list.. well.. because the fileselector
> used it..... thanx.. I'll give the clist a go.. :)

Check out gtk .99.3 (or get it out of cvs).  It has the new filesel.  You
can take a look at that and testgtk for example code. 

> > Hmm.. don't know the answer to this one..  but remember you have to free
> > the data you set with gtk_object_set_data yourself.  The CList really is
> 
> I do.. there's a function elsewhere that gets called that does a foreach
> on the list and frees it.. but this should a a client-side leak, not
> server-side.. :)

Yeah.. just a reminder :)


	Ian