[Gtk-sharp-list] SelectionData & presistent data

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello!

> However, when I call sd.Text = "abc" (which calls
> gtk_selection_data_set_text ("abc", 3)), the string "abc" I believe
> exists only for the duration of that function call.  The pointer that
> gets stored in the struct thus becomes bogus, and the real data isn't
> ever really available.
> 
> What's the right way to do this?  Do we need something like a C#
> wrapper around g_memdup and g_free for creating little persistent
> chunks of data like this?

Yes, we need to provide wrappers for g_strdup and g_free somewhere for
this particular purpose.   

Miguel