Bug 27363 – pygtk : GtkTextBuffer.insert_at_cursor() doesn't follow pygtk API

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Philippe Lafoucrière 2003-08-26 08:21:35 UTC]

Running an exemple of pygtk causes some trouble. I wanted to try this tutorial
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6586, but have the following error :

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./serverinfo.py", line 65, in button1_clicked
    self.logwindow.insert_at_cursor(data,len(data))
TypeError: GtkTextBuffer.insert_at_cursor() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

In the pygtk API, insert_at_cursor takes 2 args.
please see
http://www.gnome.org/~james/pygtk-docs/class-gtktextbuffer.html#method-gtktextbuffer--insert-at-cursor


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try launch attached file
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Actual Results:  
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./serverinfo.py", line 65, in button1_clicked
    self.logwindow.insert_at_cursor(data,len(data))
TypeError: GtkTextBuffer.insert_at_cursor() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

Expected Results:  
text output in TextView1

I don't know weather if it's a gentoo related bug. Maybe a pygtk version error.

[Comment 1 Alastair Tse (RETIRED) 2003-08-30 19:40:55 UTC]

you don't say which version of pygtk you are using and also which version of gtk.

[Comment 2 Rob Cakebread (RETIRED) 2003-09-09 16:05:36 UTC]

The syntax has changed between versions of pyGTK

If you look at the finished demo code here:
ftp://ftp.ssc.com/pub/lj/listings/issue113/6586.tgz

you'll see they use:

    try:
	#this changed in a revision of pyGTK2
        self.logwindow.insert_at_cursor(data,len(data))
    except:
	self.logwindow.insert_at_cursor(data)

[Comment 3 Rob Cakebread (RETIRED) 2003-10-04 22:30:06 UTC]

Closing as it is a matter of syntax between GTK+1 and GTK+2. See my above
comment.