Re: Moving canvas item's to new canvas not working

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

>I am trying to move gnome_canvas_item's from one canvas to another.  I
>am using gnome_canvas_item_reparent, and giving it the item to move, and
>the new canvas's root, like this:
>
>gnome_canvas_item_reparent (clip_box, gnome_canvas_root(GNOME_CAVAS(new_canvas
>));
>
>I get the following error when I try this:
>
>GnomeUI-CRITICAL **: file gnome-canvas.c: line 1280 (gnome_canvas_item_reparen
>t): assertion `item->canvas == GNOME_CANVAS_ITEM (new_group)->canvas' failed.
>
>It's not liking the reparenting for some reason but I'm not getting it.
>Any ideas?

reparenting doesn't mean moving from one canvas to another, it means
moving from one group to another. there is no way to do this without
breaking the API open. 

--p