Here is my compile error:
[philip@mandrake Chapter3]$ gcc first.c -o first `gtk-config --cflags` `gtk-config --libs`
first.c: In function `main':
first.c:46: warning: passing arg 4 of `gtk_signal_connect_object' from incompatible pointer type
first.c:51: warning: passing arg 4 of `gtk_signal_connect_object' from incompatible pointer type
first.c:57: warning: passing arg 4 of `gtk_signal_connect_object' from incompatible pointer type
first.c:62: warning: passing arg 4 of `gtk_signal_connect_object' from incompatible pointer type
first.c:80:1: warning: no newline at end of file
/tmp/ccLnVwxD.o: In function `Update':
/tmp/ccLnVwxD.o(.text+0x2d): undefined reference to `strcopy'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

here is the code:
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#include<stdio.h>
#include<time.h>
#include<gtk/gtk.h>


void Update (GtkWidget *widget, char *timestr)
{
time_t timeval;

timeval = time( NULL );
strcopy (timestr, ctime( &timeval));
}


void PrintAndExit(GtkWidget *widget, char timestr[][26])
{
int i;

for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
printf("timestr[%d] is %s", i, timestr[i]);
gtk_main_quit();
}


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
GtkWidget *window, *box, *button;

static char times[4][26] = {"Unset\n", "Unset\n", "Unset\n", "Unset\n"};

gtk_set_locale();
gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

gtk_signal_connect (GTK_OBJECT(window), "destroy", GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC(PrintAndExit), times);

gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW (window), "Signals 1");
gtk_container_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 0);

box = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0);
gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), box);

button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Update 0");
gtk_signal_connect_object (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (Update), &times[0]);
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);

button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Update 1");
gtk_signal_connect_object (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (Update), &times[1]);
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);


button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Update 2");
gtk_signal_connect_object (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (Update), &times[2]);
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);

button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Update 3");
gtk_signal_connect_object (GTK_OBJECT (button), "clicked",
GTK_SIGNAL_FUNC (Update), &times[3]);
gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (box), button, TRUE, TRUE, 0);

gtk_widget_show_all(window);

gtk_main();

return (0);
}
------end of code--------------------------------------------
I thought maybe that I wasnt declaring times as a pointer but that had nothing to do with the error... Anyone know why I might be getting this error?

A thing of note:
you see the x[array_index_num} ?
in my code in the file that should say "&times"
something funny i guess this board does with leading ampersands

man.. it did it again.. lol it should say & times but these two together

You've declared times as a pointer to a pointer. A 2D array is a 1D array of pointers, each pointing to 1D arrays (if I remember correctly). So unless gtk_signal_connect is expecting a char** as its fourth argument... passing &amp;times won't work.

Not sure what to tell you about how to fix it, though. Hopefully this gives you a place to start.

p.s. to type an ampersand with stuff following it, use &amp;amp;

nm... i eventually found the error but your information did help a lot.