Re: GTK2.2: Combobox & GTKlist & .... Warnings!

[Seth Remington <sremington@saberlogic.com>]

Maarten wrote:

> Hi,
> I am using GTK 2.2 for Linux, and I have a problem with GTK-combobox;
>
> _The Appl._
>
>    1. to create the combobox:    combo_Ac_f = gtk_combo_new();
>    2. then I use GTK list, declaration:    GList * file_list;
You should initialize your list to an empty list:

       GList *file_list = NULL;

Otherwise, whatever garbage happened to be in the memory address of 
"file_list" at initialization will show up in your list.

>    1. I place new entry's in the list: dbase_list =
>       g_list_append(dbase_list,  g_strdup(*copy_split_p));
I assume that the "file_list" / "dbase_list" name swap is a typo?

>    1. to set the list:    
>       gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings(GTK_COMBO(combo_Ac_f), file_list);
>
> _Problem:
> _
> Every time I insert a new entry in the list, add set again the 
> popdown_strings I see the next 2 warnings:
>
> (<unknown>:924): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkcombo.c: line 1116 
> (gtk_combo_set_popdown_strings): assertion `strings
> != NULL' failed
>  
> ** (<unknown>:924): WARNING **: Invalid UTF8 string passed to 
> pango_layout_set_text()
>
>
> Althrough everything works perfect I will be happy if I do not see 
> this warnings again in the terminal. Any help will be appriciated. :-)
>
>
> Looking forward to any reply,
> Regards Hans
> maarten@mercuri.el.ub.es
> Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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