GtkText

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struct GtkText

struct GtkText;

Most of the GtkText struct members should not be accessed directly. Listed below are a few exceptions and how to use them.

GtkAdjustment *hadj;	Allows you to see the state of an attached horizontal GtkScrollbar. See GtkAdjustment for more info. This allows easy access to the adjustments of the GtkText struct without having to keep track of ones that you initialize at widget creation.
GtkAdjustment *vadj;	Same as hadj except it involves the vertical GtkScrollbar.

struct GtkTextFont

struct GtkTextFont;

Internal GtkText data type.

struct GtkPropertyMark

struct GtkPropertyMark
{
  /* Position in list. */
  GList* property;

  /* Offset into that property. */
  guint offset;

  /* Current index. */
  guint index;
};

Internal GtkText data type. Should not be access directly.

gtk_text_new ()

GtkWidget*  gtk_text_new                    (GtkAdjustment *hadj,
                                             GtkAdjustment *vadj);

Creates a new GtkText widget, initialized with the given pointers to GtkAdjustments. These pointers can be used to track the viewing position of the GtkText widget. Passing NULL to either or both of them will make the GtkText create it's own. You can set these later with the function gtk_text_set_adjustment()

`hadj` :	horizontal adjustment.
`vadj` :	vertical adjustment.
Returns :	the new GtkText widget.

gtk_text_set_editable ()

void        gtk_text_set_editable           (GtkText *text,
                                             gboolean editable);

Set whether the GtkText widget can be edited by the user or not. This still allows you the programmer to make changes with the various GtkText functions.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`editable` :	`TRUE` makes it editable, `FALSE` makes it immutable by the user

gtk_text_set_word_wrap ()

void        gtk_text_set_word_wrap          (GtkText *text,
                                             gint word_wrap);

Sets whether the GtkText widget wraps words down to the next line if it can't be completed on the current line.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`word_wrap` :	`TRUE` makes it word wrap, `FALSE` disables word wrapping

gtk_text_set_line_wrap ()

void        gtk_text_set_line_wrap          (GtkText *text,
                                             gint line_wrap);

Controls how GtkText handles long lines of continuous text. If line wrap is on, the line is broken when it reaches the extent of the GtkText widget viewing area and the rest is displayed on the next line. If it is not set, the line continues regardless size of current viewing area. Similar to word wrap but it disregards word boundaries.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`line_wrap` :	`TRUE` turns line wrap on, `FALSE` turns it off

gtk_text_set_adjustments ()

void        gtk_text_set_adjustments        (GtkText *text,
                                             GtkAdjustment *hadj,
                                             GtkAdjustment *vadj);

Allows you to set GtkAdjustment pointers which in turn allows you to keep track of the viewing position of the GtkText widget.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`hadj` :	the horizontal adjustment
`vadj` :	the vertical adjustment

gtk_text_set_point ()

void        gtk_text_set_point              (GtkText *text,
                                             guint index);

Sets the cursor at the given point. In this case a point constitutes the number of characters from the extreme upper left corner of the GtkText widget.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`index` :	the number of characters from the upper left corner

gtk_text_get_point ()

guint       gtk_text_get_point              (GtkText *text);

Gets the current position of the cursor as the number of characters from the upper left corner of the GtkText widget.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
Returns :	the number of characters from the upper left corner

gtk_text_get_length ()

guint       gtk_text_get_length             (GtkText *text);

Returns the length of the all the text contained within the GtkText widget; disregards current point position.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
Returns :	the length of the text

gtk_text_freeze ()

void        gtk_text_freeze                 (GtkText *text);

Freezes the GtkText widget which disallows redrawing of the widget until it is thawed. This is useful if a large number of changes are going to made to the text within the widget, reducing the amount of flicker seen by the user.

text : the GtkText widget

gtk_text_thaw ()

void        gtk_text_thaw                   (GtkText *text);

Allows the GtkText widget to be redrawn again by GTK.

text : the GtkText widget

gtk_text_insert ()

void        gtk_text_insert                 (GtkText *text,
                                             GdkFont *font,
                                             GdkColor *fore,
                                             GdkColor *back,
                                             const char *chars,
                                             gint length);

Inserts given text into the GtkText widget with the given properties as outlined below.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`font` :	the GdkFont to use
`fore` :	the foreground color to insert with
`back` :	the background color to insert with
`chars` :	the actual text to be inserted
`length` :	the length of the text to be inserted, passing -1 makes it insert all the text.

gtk_text_backward_delete ()

gint        gtk_text_backward_delete        (GtkText *text,
                                             guint nchars);

Deletes from the current point position backward the given number of characters.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`nchars` :	the number of characters to delete
Returns :	`TRUE` if the operation was successful, otherwise returns `FALSE`

gtk_text_forward_delete ()

gint        gtk_text_forward_delete         (GtkText *text,
                                             guint nchars);

Deletes from the current point position forward the given number of characters.

`text` :	the GtkText widget
`nchars` :	the number of characters to delete
Returns :	`TRUE` if the operation was successful, otherwise returns `FALSE`

GTK_TEXT_INDEX()

#define     GTK_TEXT_INDEX(t, index)

Returns the character at the given index within the GtkText widget.

`t` :	the GtkText widget
`index` :	the number of characters from the upper left corner