[sword-devel] Bug in Torrey Module / RawLd.cpp

[Troy A. Griffitts]

Torsten,

	Thank you for tracking this down.  I've changed rawld.cpp in CVS. 
Could someone verify that this fixed the issue in bibletime?  Thanks.


> according to a mail in sword-support, the module Torrey does not work
> with BibleTime. I verified this and it is true. Though it _does_ work
> with cheatah. The seg fault occurs in rawld.cpp (changed member
> attached). Since all other modules work this way I would ask you to look
> into the Torrey module whether there are keys that have no text or
> something. The problem is, the driver doe not return any text for a
> given (probably wrong) key. cheatah gives an empty key when first
> displaying the module thats why it works there.
> 
> I changed the sword-1.5.x branch. I don't know if the patch is according
> to your design rules, but please have a look at the problem
> anyway. Thanks.
> So here's my hyper smart patch :)
> 
> /******************************************************************************
>  * RawLD::operator char *       - Returns the correct entry when char * cast
>  *                                                      is requested
>  *
>  * RET: string buffer with entry
>  */
> 
> RawLD::operator char*()
> {
>         getEntry();
>         if (!entrybuf) {
>                 entrybuf = new char [ 1 ];
>                 entrybuf[0] = '\0';
>         } else {
>                 preptext(entrybuf);
>                 RenderText(entrybuf, strlen(entrybuf) * 2);
>         }
>         return entrybuf;
> }
> 
> --
> 
> best regards,
> Torsten Uhlmann
> 
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