Re: [Newbie]: $buffer troubles

[muppet <scott asofyet org>]

On Feb 1, 2005, at 7:48 AM, Thierry Vignaud wrote:

> Stefano Esposito <yankeegohome email it> writes:
>
> >         $local_buff->get_start_iter($start_iter);
> >         $local_buff->get_end_iter($end_iter);

while the C syntax is

   gtk_text_buffer_get_start_iter (textbuffer, &start_iter);

the TextIter parameter is actually an *output* parameter.  therefore, 
in the perl bindings, the syntax is

  $start_iter = $textbuffer->get_start_iter;

as evidenced by the message you get:

> > I obtain this runtime error message:
> >
> > *** unhandled exception in callback:
> > ***   Usage: get_start_iter(buffer) at ./main.pl line 128.
> > ***  ignoring at ./main.pl line 109.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me where's my error?
>
> the usual design choice i usually complain about, aka gtk2-perl just 
> silently ignores exceptions in callbacks

technically, since he got a message it wasn't "silent"...


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