Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] can people try out this scroll patch

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From: Nathan Neulinger <nneul@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:24:27 -0600
Guy Harris wrote:
> 
> > The only potential issue I see is with the technique used to get the
> > scroll offsets, but it seems like it works ok. Worst case scenario, it
> > doesn't scroll to the exact right place. That's still better than
> > scrolling to the top every time.
> 
> Too bad the "set the point" stuff just provoked GTK+ to drop core.

Really? I haven't had any trouble with it. Kindof strange. The only time
I've seen trouble is when changes are done with the text frozen.

> I think I've seen it drop core even *without* the help of that code,
> though, once - I think I'd selected a field whose text in the hex window
> was scrolled offscreen, or something, and *blammo*.

Get me a trace if you could.

-- Nathan

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