entry stuff

[Thomas Mailund Jensen <mailund daimi au dk>]

>>>>> "l" == list  <list@mail2.redhat.com> writes:

 l> Could someone please explain how to control the input to a
 l> gtkentry widget so that for example, only digits from 0-9 can be
 l> entered, or to force format into a particular format, such as for
 l> a date.

Hmm...catch the key_pressed event and look at the input...if it's
legal, don't do anything...it will then be inserted.  If it's ilegal
stop the event by 

  gtk_signal_emit_stop_by_name (GTK_OBJECT (widget), "key_press_event");

then the entry won't insert the char...

Hope this helps.

	/mailund