Re: [gtk-list] gtk_file_selection_new() problem

[robert havoc pennington <rhpennin midway uchicago edu>]

On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, John Looney wrote:
> #include <gtk/gtk.h>
> 
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>    GtkWidget *file_sel;
>    gtk_file_selection_new("Hello");
>    printf("Got to here\n");
> 
> }
>  
>  It didn't even print out the "Got to here" - it just used up all my swap,
> and the machine died. Most annoying. Am I doing something funny, or is it
> something known ?
> 

Well, the problem with this test program is that you didn't call
gtk_init() or gtk_main() or show the widget.  I don't know if you did that
in your real program, but if you didn't I bet that's why it doesn't work. 

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