RE: capturing output from running process crashes gtk2

["Roderich Schupp (ext)" <Roderich Schupp ext BenQ com>]

> > Scalar filehandles would definitely be the way to go, but 
> unfortunately,
> > open3() with scalar filehandles is buggy... it doesn't set $error
> > properly.
>
> Thanks for the info. I can still use $write, leaving \*ERROR, 
> and then the warning is gone.

Or, as a workaround, initialize $error with an IO::Handle:

use IO::Handle;
my $error = IO::handle->new;
my $pid = open3($write, $read , $error, ...);

Cheers, Roderich