Re: [gtk-list] Working gtk_widget_destroy around

[John Cupitt <john cupitt ng-london org uk>]

Rafael Peregrino da Silva wrote:
> I have a dialog box with some entries and once the dialog box is destroyed
> all the pointers to the entries are again unitialized (and so on the
> global variables in whose I saved the entries values are lost). How could
> I workaround this, i.e., how can I keep the values that were saved on the
> global variables? 

You need to take copies of stuff you want to keep in your 'OK' handler.
For example, if you want to save the value of a text widget, use
g_strdup() on the string. Other types will need other copiers, of
course.

Hope this helps,

John
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