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well, I hate to telll fibs, but I'm still at it. It has been years since I listened to my bio; 'snot that bad>.. On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 09:40:50AM +0200, Gergely Polonkai wrote: > What I would do instead is: > > GtkWidget **label[1000]; // if you have a dynamic number of labels, > consider using a GArray maybe > int i = 0; > > label[i++] = gtk_label_new("first text"); // this will be label[0] > label[i++] = gtk_label_new("second text"); // this will be label[1] pretty sure I tried something like this about a week ago. maybe last monday. it may have segv'd. but YES in cp_text.c is :: if (p) { fprintf (stdout, "%s", p); L[i++] = p; } here "p" is the string or stringgs *within* /tmp/file/text.N.txt; I planned on passing "L[]" to what you have above: "first text", "second text". in my example text.1.txt files I have (e.g.) "i am bringing this laptop to the group so I can be more easily understood." > … > > After this, instead of creating a string "label1", you just need the > number 1, and can use this: > > s = gtk_label_get_text(GTK_LABEL(label[1])); > > where 1 can instead be a variable of int that holds 1: > > int num = 1; > s = gtk_label_get_text(GTK_LABEL(label[num])); many thanks indeed. I'm' going to save your mail and get a hardcopy. tthen join the directories, &c. > On 6 September 2014 09:32, Gary Kline <kl...@thought.org> wrote: > > ===== > > Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. > > Of_Interest: With 28 years of service to the Unix community. > > > > On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 08:08:34AM +0200, Gergely Polonkai wrote: > >> On 6 Sep 2014 03:12, "Gary Kline" <kl...@thought.org> wrote: > >> > > >> > ===== > >> > Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. > >> > Of_Interest: With 28 years of service to the Unix community. > >> > > >> > things that I *thought* might work by using > >> > > >> > s = gtk_label_get_text(GTK_LABEL((GtkWidget)buf)); > >> > > >> > fails. (with contains the String "label1") I have a index, > >> > "n" that can range from 1 to 99--whatever GtkWidget *label I > >> > need. the next thing that occured was some kind of > >> > > >> > typedef struct > >> > { > >> > > >> > GtkWidget *label1, > >> > *label2, > >> > *label3, > >> > ... > >> > *label999; > >> > } Labels; > >> > > >> > can abybody clue on how to use my n index counter to stick > >> > one of the "labels" so they show up on my arrow window? > >> > > >> > thanks much. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service > >> Unix > >> > Twenty-eight years of service to the Unix community. > >> > > >> > >> This definitely calls for an array: > >> > >> GtkWidget *label[1000]; > >> > >> as you cannot reference to a variable with a constructed name (like $$a in > >> PHP). If your struct holds only pointers, though, you can also cast it to > >> an array: > >> > >> ((GtkWidget **)label_list)[99] > >> > >> but I haven't tested it, and highly discourage it. > > > > > > > > I will heed your advise! a workaround may be in three *.c > > files. but first:: sleep. > > > > -- > > Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > > Twenty-eight years of service to the Unix community. > > > > -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-eight years of service to the Unix community. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list