GwibberPosterVBox reports an error and does not submit

[Rick Spencer]

Binary package hint: gwibber

The following output was supplied:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gwibber/lib/gtk/widgets.py", line 68, in on_input_changed
    self.input.textview.set_overlay_text(str(MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH - cnt))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gwibber/gwui.py", line 1091, in set_overlay_text
    if not self.pango_overlay:
AttributeError: 'InputTextView' object has no attribute 'pango_overlay'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gwibber 2.91.91.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 21 19:56:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100329)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gwibber
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-12-08 (103 days ago)

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

I think this was fixed by adding the content inside your expose-event, I am closing this. If you still think there is a bug in the widget, please re-open.

[Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3)]

I *worked around* the bug in that manner, but I don't think we should call it a fix. I also had to disconnect from the expose event to keep the the users input from being continually written over.

import gtk

from photobomb.photobombconfig import getdatapath
from gwibber.lib.gtk import widgets

class MicroblogDialog(gtk.Window):

    def __init__(self, contents, parent=None):
        gtk.Window.__init__(self)
        self.set_default_size(420,140)
        poster = widgets.GwibberPosterVBox()
        poster.input.connect("submit",self.submitted)
        poster.button_send.connect("clicked", self.submitted)
        self.expose_event = poster.connect("expose-event", self.on_expose_input, contents)
        self.add(poster)
        self.show_all()

    def on_expose_input(self, widget, event, contents):
        widget.disconnect(self.expose_event)
        widget.input.set_text(contents)

    def submitted(self, *args):
        self.destroy()

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

I'll try to find a way we can simplify that without removing the counter overlay... tricky

[Rick Spencer (rick-rickspencer3)]

could you not simply add "set_text" to the vbox, check if the overlay has been created. If it has, just set the text in the input field, and if it hasn't, store the value and don't apply it until the overlay has been created, for example by connecting to the expose event?

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

That's probably a good solution, I'll try to have something prepared for right after beta-1. So expect something you can test before then :)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gwibber - 3.0.0-0ubuntu2

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gwibber (3.0.0-0ubuntu2) natty; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/better_input_handling.patch
    - Don't set editable until the input is exposed (LP: #647406)
    - Added optional content arg to GwibberPosterVBox, so consumers of the
      API won't need to override the expose event to insert default
      contents (LP: #739923)
 -- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:02:46 -0400

[Ken VanDine (ken-vandine)]

Here's a code sample that doesn't require messing with the expose event:

import gtk

from gwibber.lib.gtk import widgets

class MicroblogDialog(gtk.Window):

    def __init__(self, contents, parent=None):
        gtk.Window.__init__(self)
        self.set_default_size(420,140)
        poster = widgets.GwibberPosterVBox(content=contents)
        poster.input.connect("submit",self.submitted)
        poster.button_send.connect("clicked", self.submitted)
        self.add(poster)
        self.show_all()

    def submitted(self, *args):
        self.destroy()

MicroblogDialog("This is a test")
gtk.main()