Re: [java-gnome-hackers] String encoding | showAll() | ButtonBox example

[Jeffrey M. <ku...@zo...>]

On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 05:37, Mark Howard wrote:
> hi,
>   I've been working on an example app for the ButtonBoxes:
> /src/examples/gtk/buttonbox/ButtonBoxes.java
> (I have implemented gtk Frame btw)
> 
> The main problem seems to be with string encodings. 
> The button box example gives the warnings:
> ** (java-gnome:14365): WARNING **: Invalid UTF8 string passed to
> pango_layout_set_text()

I'll take a look at it this evening and see if I can uncover
the root of the problem. 

> All widgets seem to require either implicit show() calls or calls to
> showAll() of their direct parent. This seems strange, IMHO.

This is strange but not something we can get around.  It is a
requirement of the GTK libs.

-Jeff