solved the issue by scanning the textbuffer for pixbufs and replace them with tags. so loading the file into a textbuffer/textview then simply means parsing the tags and load pixbuf on the go.
text text text .. <img=pixbuf> .. text text text if there is a better way to do save/load on textview with embeeded pixbuf, please let me know. cheers Johnson ------------------------ void SaveFileCB(GtkTextBuffer *textBuffer) { GtkTextIter start; GtkTextIter end; GtkTextIter begin; GtkTextIter now; gunichar c; gunichar pixbufC = 0xFFFC; gchar *buf; gchar *contents; gchar *newContents; gint pngCount = 0; gchar pngFile[30]; GError *err = NULL; gtk_text_buffer_get_start_iter(textBuffer, &start); gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter(textBuffer, &end); begin = start; now = start; contents = g_strdup(""); // scan all characters while ((c = gtk_text_iter_get_char(&now)) != 0) { // found pixbuf, concat string from 'begin' to 'now' + pixbuf file to contents if (c == pixbufC) { buf = gtk_text_buffer_get_text(textBuffer, &begin, &now, FALSE); sprintf(pngFile, "<img=\"book_img%03d.png\">", pngCount ++); newContents = g_strconcat(contents, buf, pngFile, NULL); g_free(buf); g_free(contents); contents = newContents; } gtk_text_iter_forward_char(&now); // 'begin' now the next iter when found pixbuf if (c == pixbufC) begin = now; } // finish off last concat from begin to now buf = gtk_text_buffer_get_text(textBuffer, &begin, &now, FALSE); newContents = g_strconcat(contents, buf, NULL); g_free(buf); g_free(contents); contents = newContents; g_file_set_contents("outputFile.txt", contents, -1, &err); g_free(contents); if (err == NULL) { ...error checking ... } } On Sat, 2008-11-15 at 03:33 +1100, Johnson Wong wrote: > hihi > > anyone know a way to save a gtktextview/gtktextbuffer with embedded > gdkpixbuf into a file. I am calling gtk_text_buffer_get_slice then > g_file_set_contents. Idealy it will be good if i can just call > g_file_get_contents to output the saved buffer onto the gtktextview. > > many thanks > Johnson _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list