thanks to those who have tried to help, mostly off-list. i can't believe how hard this is.
i want to open a base window: gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(window),"testing"); gtk_widget_set_usize(GTK_WIDGET(window),200,300); ... and then only a text window --upon button press-- and display some text: text = gtk_text_view_new(); gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window),text); buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(text)); " and fopen some file and display the text in the buffer. The question remains: how? what am i missing to display some miscellaneous words in the text window? thanks in a advance. gary _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list