> Why do you put gtk_widget_show_all and gtk_main calls in the loop? You > should move at least the gtk_main call outside of the loop. I made some changes but I still can't have the widget to output all the integers coming from the STDIN. Only the first one is on the screen ! I will appreciate if you could help me, thanks ! Here is a snipet of the code... // GTK initializations int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) { /* GTK widget setup */ unsigned int val; char buf[5]; while(read(STDIN_FILENO, &val, sizeof(int))) // here is my problem, I'm not able to actually go through this while loop more than once or is there a way to refresh the windows so their contents could also be refreshed(variables)? { char temp[5]; //read(STDIN_FILENO, &val, sizeof(int)); buf[0]=ita(val/100); buf[1]=ita((val-((val/100)*100))/10); buf[2]='.'; buf[3]=ita(val-((val/10)*10)); printf(" reading %d",val); //just making sure i'm reading val // -------------------------------------------------------------------- // Create text entry widget and modify. // -------------------------------------------------------------------- text_entry_Widget = gtk_entry_new(); gtk_widget_modify_text(text_entry_Widget, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &colorGreen); gtk_widget_modify_base(text_entry_Widget, GTK_STATE_NORMAL, &colorBlack); GtkStyle *style = gtk_widget_get_style(text_entry_Widget); pango_font_description_set_weight(style->font_desc, PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD); gtk_widget_modify_font(text_entry_Widget, style->font_desc); int text_width = 5; // Width of field in characters gtk_entry_set_width_chars(GTK_ENTRY(text_entry_Widget), text_width); gtk_editable_set_editable(GTK_EDITABLE(text_entry_Widget), FALSE); GTK_WIDGET_UNSET_FLAGS(text_entry_Widget, GTK_CAN_FOCUS); strcat(buf," V"); // V for volts after the int gtk_entry_set_text(GTK_ENTRY(text_entry_Widget), buf); // output the int value PangoFontDescription *font_desc = pango_font_description_from_string ("PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE,Monospace 30"); gtk_widget_modify_font (text_entry_Widget, font_desc); pango_font_description_free (font_desc); // -------------------------------------------------------------------- vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 5); gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vBox_Widget), vbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0); frame = gtk_frame_new ("DC Voltages"); label = gtk_label_new ("\nThis voltage comes from 12 V battery \n"\ "It's value should be stable.\n"\ "When undervoltage, a signal is generated"); PangoFontDescription *font_desc2 = pango_font_description_from_string ("PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE,Monospace 10"); //PangoFontDescription *font_desc2 = pango_font_description_from_string ("PANGO_STYLE_OBLIQUE,PANGO_VARIANT_NORMAL,PANGO_WEIGHT_BOLD,PANGO_STRETCH_EXPANDED ,Monospace 30"); gtk_widget_modify_font (label, font_desc2); pango_font_description_free (font_desc2); gtk_widget_show (label); gtk_label_set_line_wrap (GTK_LABEL (label), TRUE); gtk_label_set_justify (GTK_LABEL (label), GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT); gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (frame), label); gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), frame, FALSE, FALSE, 0); gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), text_entry_Widget, NULL, NULL, 0); gtk_widget_show (text_entry_Widget); // show the int value gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (hbox), vBox_Widget); text=gtk_text_new(NULL, NULL); gtk_widget_show(text); gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(vbox), text); gtk_text_insert(GTK_TEXT(text), NULL, NULL, NULL, buffer, strlen(buffer)); //Text motif fnt=gdk_font_load("-unknown-Arial-normal-r-normal-*-*-650-96-96-p-0-iso8859-1"); gtk_text_insert (GTK_TEXT (text), fnt, &text->style->black, NULL, "\nSupports ", -1); //creating a seperator separator = gtk_hseparator_new (); gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (vbox), separator, FALSE, TRUE, 5); gtk_widget_show (separator); // some other stuff here } gtk_widget_show_all (window); gtk_main (); close(fd); return 0; } -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/help-with-window-widgets-tf2615494.html#a7311745 Sent from the Gtk+ - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list