simpler char * to thread

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp b/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp
index 0d90d0f..5ddf03c 100644
--- a/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp
+++ b/noncore/todayplugins/stockticker/stocktickerlib/stocktickerpluginwidget.cpp
@@ -41,18 +41,20 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "stocktickerpluginwidget.h"
 
 QString output;
 OTicker *stocktickerTicker;
 
-void getStocks( const QString *blah) {
+void getStocks( const char *blah) {
 
 //    stocktickerTicker->setText( "Downloading stock data.");
     stock *stocks_quotes=NULL;
     stock *stocks_tmp;
-    qDebug("%s", blah->latin1());
+    char *stock_liste = blah;
+    //    char *stock_liste = (char *)blah->latin1();
+    qDebug("%s", stock_liste );
     QString tempString;
     output = "";
 
     libstocks_return_code error;
 
     Config cfg( "stockticker");
@@ -93,13 +95,12 @@ void getStocks( const QString *blah) {
              output = tempString;
              return;
 //             exit(1);
          }
      }
  }
-    char *stock_liste = (char *)blah->latin1();
 //    char *stock_liste = (char *)blah;
       /* Get the stocks and process errors */
     error = get_stocks( stock_liste, &stocks_quotes);
 
     if (error) {
         printf("Error in getting stocks (%d)\n", error);
@@ -248,13 +249,14 @@ void StockTickerPluginWidget::doStocks() {
     cfg.setGroup("Timer");
     stocktickerTicker->setUpdateTime( cfg.readNumEntry("ScrollSpeed",50));
     stocktickerTicker->setScrollLength( cfg.readNumEntry("ScrollLength",10));
 
     if (!symbollist.isEmpty()) {
         pthread_t thread1;
-        pthread_create(&thread1,NULL, (void * (*)(void *))getStocks, &symbollist);
+        char *blah = symbollist.latin1();
+        pthread_create(&thread1,NULL, (void * (*)(void *))getStocks, blah);
     }
 }
 
 void StockTickerPluginWidget::timerEvent( QTimerEvent *e ) {
     killTimer(e->timerId());
     checkConnection();