The following code to make an inbox works now that I recompiled it in slackware14, but the binary compiled from the same source in puppy lupu
gives a "no such file..." message.

Also, I tried to get a package converted from a deb package to run and got the same message.

Why does slackware give a misleading error message?

I use this inbox program in scripts because it allows the enter key to
output the input text. I don't know of another input program that has a gui that doesn't require a mouse click to return the input.

Barry Brooks


/**
* compile with the following command
* gcc -Wall -g $f.c -o $f `pkg-config --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0`
* gcc -Wall -g hello.c -o hello `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0` `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`
*/

#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
#include <string.h>
// for EXIT_SUCCESS must #include <stdlib.h>

int xcode = 0;

gboolean delete1 (GtkWidget *widget, GdkEvent *event, gpointer udat)
{
xcode = 122;
return FALSE;
}

void destroy1 (GtkObject *object, gpointer udat)
{
xcode = 1;
gtk_main_quit();
}

gboolean key_pressed(GtkWidget * window, GdkEventKey* event, gpointer entry2) {

if ((event->keyval== GDK_Return)) {
gchar *strout=NULL;
// strout = g_strconcat(gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry2)), NULL);
strout = g_strdup(gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry2)));
int len; /* current line length */
len = strlen (strout);
if (len > 0) {
g_print ("%s\n", strout);
// g_print ("\n");
g_free(strout);
xcode = 0;
gtk_main_quit ();}
else {
xcode = 255;
gtk_main_quit ();}
}
return FALSE;
}

gboolean button_pressed(GtkWidget * window, gpointer entry3) {

gchar *strout=NULL;
strout = g_strdup(gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry3)));
int len; /* current line length */
len = strlen (strout);
if (len > 0) {
g_print ("%s\n", strout);
// g_print ("\n");
g_free(strout);
xcode = 0;
gtk_main_quit ();}
else {
xcode = 255;
gtk_main_quit ();}

return FALSE;
}

int main( int argc,
char *argv[] )
{
GtkWidget *window; // The main application window
GtkWidget *instruct; // GtkLabel "Enter Your Name:"
GtkWidget *entry; // GtkEntry box1
GtkWidget *box1; // Vertical box1 for packing widgets in the window
// GtkWidget *box2; // Vertical box1 for packing widgets in the window
GtkWidget *button; // What one pushes
char *labeltext = "Enter String";
char *windowtitle = "Input box1";
int iwidth;
int iheight;
gtk_init (&argc, &argv);


if (argc < 3)
{
iwidth = 300;
iheight = 75;
}
else
{
// iwidth = strtol (argv[1], &tail, 0);
// iheight = strtol (argv[2], &tail, 0);
iwidth = 600;
iheight = 150;
}

if (argc > 3)
{
labeltext = argv[3];
}

if (argc > 4)
{
windowtitle = argv[4];
}


// Create the top-level window
window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL); // Create the window
gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(window),10); // Set a border around the edges
gtk_window_set_urgency_hint (GTK_WINDOW(window), TRUE); // Send the urgency signal to the window manager (e.g make the taskbar entry flash)
gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW(window),windowtitle); // Set the window title
gtk_window_set_default_size(GTK_WINDOW(window), iwidth, iheight);
gtk_window_set_position(GTK_WINDOW(window), GTK_WIN_POS_CENTER);

g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(window), "destroy", G_CALLBACK(destroy1), NULL);
g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(window), "delete_event", G_CALLBACK(delete1), NULL);

box1 = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0); // Create the vbox
gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), box1); // Add the vbox to the window
gtk_widget_show(box1); // Display the vbox (although you can't actually see anything)

instruct = gtk_label_new (labeltext);
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box1), instruct, TRUE, TRUE, 5); // Add the widget to the vbox (first item)
gtk_widget_show(instruct);

entry = gtk_entry_new();
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box1), entry, TRUE, TRUE, 5); // Add the widget to the vbox (second item)
gtk_widget_show(entry);
gtk_widget_grab_focus(entry);
g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(entry), "key-press-event", G_CALLBACK(key_pressed), entry);

// box2 = gtk_hbox_new (FALSE, 0); // Create the vbox
// gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(window), box2); // Add the vbox to the window
// gtk_widget_show(box2); // Display the vbox (although you can't actually see anything)

button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Done");
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box1), button, TRUE, TRUE, 5); // Add the widget to the hbox (second item)
gtk_widget_show (button);

g_signal_connect(button, "clicked", G_CALLBACK (button_pressed), entry);
gtk_widget_show (window); // Display the window
gtk_main (); // Start the Gtk Main Loop

return xcode;
}

Please use code-tags to post code, this will preserve formatting and make your posts much more readable.
To your problem, just a guess, but may it be possible that your Slackware installation is 64 bit without multilib, while that Puppy installation is 32 bit only?

tobiSGD

Thanks for the advise. Multilib made the 32bit version run.

Barry