Thread: GTK noob

Hi,

I am trying to add "recent files" feature to a GTK project. I get the file name correctly but afterwards things do not go on as expected. It the following code , I am working to get first file name so that later I take more and show it File menu , Recent opened files. See:

Code:

// Global variables for making implementation easy for now:
GtkRecentManager recent_files;
GList gl[21];

Code:

// in main() I have:
/* set up GTK */
    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

#include "gtk/xboard.h"
    recent_files=*gtk_recent_manager_new(); 
    gtk_recent_manager_set_limit(&recent_files,9);

Code:

// After opening a file with GTK_FILE_CHOOSER :

    // some code
    filename = gtk_file_chooser_get_filename (GTK_FILE_CHOOSER (dialog));
    // some code
    gboolean added= gtk_recent_manager_add_item (&recent_files, filename); // file uri
    added ? DisplayMessage("Recent ADDED","") : DisplayError("Recent Not Added",1); 
    show_message_dialog(filename); // This shows correct filename
    show_message_dialog("XB1");

    gl[0]=*gtk_recent_manager_get_items(&recent_files);
    show_message_dialog("XB2");
    GtkRecentInfo *info=&gl[0]; // cast (GtkRecentInfo *)
    if(info == NULL)
    show_message_dialog("NULL info");
    const gchar * recent_file_name=gtk_recent_info_get_uri(info);
    show_message_dialog(recent_file_name); // shows garbage 
    DisplayNote("Load finished");
    gtk_recent_info_unref (info);
    // some code

Code:

// Show dialog function:

void show_message_dialog(const char * const message)
{
    GtkWidget*  dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new (mainwindow,
                                     GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
                                     GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,
                                     GTK_BUTTONS_CLOSE,
                                     "Message: %s",
                                     message);

    /* Destroy the dialog when the user responds to it (e.g. clicks a button) */
    g_signal_connect_swapped (dialog, "response",
                              G_CALLBACK (gtk_widget_destroy),
                              dialog);
    gtk_widget_show_all (dialog);
    return;
}

Can you help me overcome this ? A GTK 2 link is here:
GtkRecentManager