Functions
gtk_text_iter_get_buffer ()
GtkTextBuffer *
gtk_text_iter_get_buffer (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the GtkTextBuffer this iterator is associated with.
Returns
the buffer.
[transfer none]
gtk_text_iter_copy ()
GtkTextIter *
gtk_text_iter_copy (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Creates a dynamically-allocated copy of an iterator. This function
is not useful in applications, because iterators can be copied with a
simple assignment (GtkTextIter i = j;). The
function is used by language bindings.
gtk_text_iter_assign ()
void
gtk_text_iter_assign (GtkTextIter *iter,
const GtkTextIter *other);
Assigns the value of other
to iter
. This function
is not useful in applications, because iterators can be assigned
with GtkTextIter i = j;. The
function is used by language bindings.
Since: 3.2
gtk_text_iter_free ()
void
gtk_text_iter_free (GtkTextIter *iter);
Free an iterator allocated on the heap. This function
is intended for use in language bindings, and is not
especially useful for applications, because iterators can
simply be allocated on the stack.
gtk_text_iter_get_offset ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_offset (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the character offset of an iterator.
Each character in a GtkTextBuffer has an offset,
starting with 0 for the first character in the buffer.
Use gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_offset() to convert an
offset back into an iterator.
Returns
a character offset
gtk_text_iter_get_line ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_line (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the line number containing the iterator. Lines in
a GtkTextBuffer are numbered beginning with 0 for the first
line in the buffer.
gtk_text_iter_get_line_offset ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_line_offset (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the character offset of the iterator,
counting from the start of a newline-terminated line.
The first character on the line has offset 0.
Returns
offset from start of line
gtk_text_iter_get_line_index ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_line_index (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the byte index of the iterator, counting
from the start of a newline-terminated line.
Remember that GtkTextBuffer encodes text in
UTF-8, and that characters can require a variable
number of bytes to represent.
Returns
distance from start of line, in bytes
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_line_index ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_line_index (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the number of bytes from the start of the
line to the given iter
, not counting bytes that
are invisible due to tags with the “invisible” flag
toggled on.
Returns
byte index of iter
with respect to the start of the line
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_line_offset ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_line_offset (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the offset in characters from the start of the
line to the given iter
, not counting characters that
are invisible due to tags with the “invisible” flag
toggled on.
Returns
offset in visible characters from the start of the line
gtk_text_iter_get_char ()
gunichar
gtk_text_iter_get_char (const GtkTextIter *iter);
The Unicode character at this iterator is returned. (Equivalent to
operator* on a C++ iterator.) If the element at this iterator is a
non-character element, such as an image embedded in the buffer, the
Unicode “unknown” character 0xFFFC is returned. If invoked on
the end iterator, zero is returned; zero is not a valid Unicode character.
So you can write a loop which ends when gtk_text_iter_get_char()
returns 0.
Returns
a Unicode character, or 0 if iter
is not dereferenceable
gtk_text_iter_get_slice ()
gchar *
gtk_text_iter_get_slice (const GtkTextIter *start,
const GtkTextIter *end);
Returns the text in the given range. A “slice” is an array of
characters encoded in UTF-8 format, including the Unicode “unknown”
character 0xFFFC for iterable non-character elements in the buffer,
such as images. Because images are encoded in the slice, byte and
character offsets in the returned array will correspond to byte
offsets in the text buffer. Note that 0xFFFC can occur in normal
text as well, so it is not a reliable indicator that a pixbuf or
widget is in the buffer.
Returns
slice of text from the buffer.
[transfer full]
gtk_text_iter_get_text ()
gchar *
gtk_text_iter_get_text (const GtkTextIter *start,
const GtkTextIter *end);
Returns text in the given range. If the range
contains non-text elements such as images, the character and byte
offsets in the returned string will not correspond to character and
byte offsets in the buffer. If you want offsets to correspond, see
gtk_text_iter_get_slice().
Returns
array of characters from the buffer.
[transfer full]
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_slice ()
gchar *
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_slice (const GtkTextIter *start,
const GtkTextIter *end);
Like gtk_text_iter_get_slice(), but invisible text is not included.
Invisible text is usually invisible because a GtkTextTag with the
“invisible” attribute turned on has been applied to it.
Returns
slice of text from the buffer.
[transfer full]
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_text ()
gchar *
gtk_text_iter_get_visible_text (const GtkTextIter *start,
const GtkTextIter *end);
Like gtk_text_iter_get_text(), but invisible text is not included.
Invisible text is usually invisible because a GtkTextTag with the
“invisible” attribute turned on has been applied to it.
Returns
string containing visible text in the
range.
[transfer full]
gtk_text_iter_get_pixbuf ()
GdkPixbuf *
gtk_text_iter_get_pixbuf (const GtkTextIter *iter);
If the element at iter
is a pixbuf, the pixbuf is returned
(with no new reference count added). Otherwise,
NULL is returned.
Returns
the pixbuf at iter
.
[transfer none]
gtk_text_iter_get_marks ()
GSList *
gtk_text_iter_get_marks (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns a list of all GtkTextMark at this location. Because marks
are not iterable (they don’t take up any "space" in the buffer,
they are just marks in between iterable locations), multiple marks
can exist in the same place. The returned list is not in any
meaningful order.
Returns
list of GtkTextMark.
[element-type GtkTextMark][transfer container]
gtk_text_iter_get_toggled_tags ()
GSList *
gtk_text_iter_get_toggled_tags (const GtkTextIter *iter,
gboolean toggled_on);
Returns a list of GtkTextTag that are toggled on or off at this
point. (If toggled_on
is TRUE, the list contains tags that are
toggled on.) If a tag is toggled on at iter
, then some non-empty
range of characters following iter
has that tag applied to it. If
a tag is toggled off, then some non-empty range following iter
does not have the tag applied to it.
Returns
tags toggled at this point.
[element-type GtkTextTag][transfer container]
gtk_text_iter_get_child_anchor ()
GtkTextChildAnchor *
gtk_text_iter_get_child_anchor (const GtkTextIter *iter);
If the location at iter
contains a child anchor, the
anchor is returned (with no new reference count added). Otherwise,
NULL is returned.
Returns
the anchor at iter
.
[transfer none]
gtk_text_iter_get_tags ()
GSList *
gtk_text_iter_get_tags (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns a list of tags that apply to iter
, in ascending order of
priority (highest-priority tags are last). The GtkTextTag in the
list don’t have a reference added, but you have to free the list
itself.
Returns
list of GtkTextTag.
[element-type GtkTextTag][transfer container]
gtk_text_iter_editable ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_editable (const GtkTextIter *iter,
gboolean default_setting);
Returns whether the character at iter
is within an editable region
of text. Non-editable text is “locked” and can’t be changed by the
user via GtkTextView. This function is simply a convenience
wrapper around gtk_text_iter_get_attributes(). If no tags applied
to this text affect editability, default_setting
will be returned.
You don’t want to use this function to decide whether text can be
inserted at iter
, because for insertion you don’t want to know
whether the char at iter
is inside an editable range, you want to
know whether a new character inserted at iter
would be inside an
editable range. Use gtk_text_iter_can_insert() to handle this
case.
Returns
whether iter
is inside an editable range
gtk_text_iter_can_insert ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_can_insert (const GtkTextIter *iter,
gboolean default_editability);
Considering the default editability of the buffer, and tags that
affect editability, determines whether text inserted at iter
would
be editable. If text inserted at iter
would be editable then the
user should be allowed to insert text at iter
.
gtk_text_buffer_insert_interactive() uses this function to decide
whether insertions are allowed at a given position.
Returns
whether text inserted at iter
would be editable
gtk_text_iter_starts_word ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_starts_word (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Determines whether iter
begins a natural-language word. Word
breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any
language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
is at the start of a word
gtk_text_iter_ends_word ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_ends_word (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Determines whether iter
ends a natural-language word. Word breaks
are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any
language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
is at the end of a word
gtk_text_iter_inside_word ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_inside_word (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Determines whether the character pointed by iter
is part of a
natural-language word (as opposed to say inside some whitespace). Word
breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language
(if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).
Note that if gtk_text_iter_starts_word() returns TRUE, then this function
returns TRUE too, since iter
points to the first character of the word.
Returns
TRUE if iter
is inside a word
gtk_text_iter_ends_line ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_ends_line (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns TRUE if iter
points to the start of the paragraph
delimiter characters for a line (delimiters will be either a
newline, a carriage return, a carriage return followed by a
newline, or a Unicode paragraph separator character). Note that an
iterator pointing to the \n of a \r\n pair will not be counted as
the end of a line, the line ends before the \r. The end iterator is
considered to be at the end of a line, even though there are no
paragraph delimiter chars there.
Returns
whether iter
is at the end of a line
gtk_text_iter_starts_sentence ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_starts_sentence (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Determines whether iter
begins a sentence. Sentence boundaries are
determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language
(if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
is at the start of a sentence.
gtk_text_iter_ends_sentence ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_ends_sentence (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Determines whether iter
ends a sentence. Sentence boundaries are
determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language
(if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
is at the end of a sentence.
gtk_text_iter_inside_sentence ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_inside_sentence (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Determines whether iter
is inside a sentence (as opposed to in
between two sentences, e.g. after a period and before the first
letter of the next sentence). Sentence boundaries are determined
by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the
correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
is inside a sentence.
gtk_text_iter_get_chars_in_line ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_chars_in_line (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the number of characters in the line containing iter
,
including the paragraph delimiters.
Returns
number of characters in the line
gtk_text_iter_get_bytes_in_line ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_get_bytes_in_line (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns the number of bytes in the line containing iter
,
including the paragraph delimiters.
Returns
number of bytes in the line
gtk_text_iter_get_attributes ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_get_attributes (const GtkTextIter *iter,
GtkTextAttributes *values);
Computes the effect of any tags applied to this spot in the
text. The values
parameter should be initialized to the default
settings you wish to use if no tags are in effect. You’d typically
obtain the defaults from gtk_text_view_get_default_attributes().
gtk_text_iter_get_attributes() will modify values
, applying the
effects of any tags present at iter
. If any tags affected values
,
the function returns TRUE.
Returns
TRUE if values
was modified
gtk_text_iter_is_end ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_is_end (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns TRUE if iter
is the end iterator, i.e. one past the last
dereferenceable iterator in the buffer. gtk_text_iter_is_end() is
the most efficient way to check whether an iterator is the end
iterator.
Returns
whether iter
is the end iterator
gtk_text_iter_is_start ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_is_start (const GtkTextIter *iter);
Returns TRUE if iter
is the first iterator in the buffer, that is
if iter
has a character offset of 0.
Returns
whether iter
is the first in the buffer
gtk_text_iter_forward_char ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_char (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
forward by one character offset. Note that images
embedded in the buffer occupy 1 character slot, so
gtk_text_iter_forward_char() may actually move onto an image instead
of a character, if you have images in your buffer. If iter
is the
end iterator or one character before it, iter
will now point at
the end iterator, and gtk_text_iter_forward_char() returns FALSE for
convenience when writing loops.
Returns
whether iter
moved and is dereferenceable
gtk_text_iter_backward_char ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_char (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves backward by one character offset. Returns TRUE if movement
was possible; if iter
was the first in the buffer (character
offset 0), gtk_text_iter_backward_char() returns FALSE for convenience when
writing loops.
Returns
whether movement was possible
gtk_text_iter_forward_chars ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_chars (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint count);
Moves count
characters if possible (if count
would move past the
start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of the
buffer). The return value indicates whether the new position of
iter
is different from its original position, and dereferenceable
(the last iterator in the buffer is not dereferenceable). If count
is 0, the function does nothing and returns FALSE.
Returns
whether iter
moved and is dereferenceable
gtk_text_iter_backward_chars ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_chars (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint count);
Moves count
characters backward, if possible (if count
would move
past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of
the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved
onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or
moved onto the end iterator, then FALSE is returned. If count
is 0,
the function does nothing and returns FALSE.
Returns
whether iter
moved and is dereferenceable
gtk_text_iter_forward_line ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_line (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
to the start of the next line. If the iter is already on the
last line of the buffer, moves the iter to the end of the current line.
If after the operation, the iter is at the end of the buffer and not
dereferencable, returns FALSE. Otherwise, returns TRUE.
Returns
whether iter
can be dereferenced
gtk_text_iter_backward_line ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_line (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
to the start of the previous line. Returns TRUE if
iter
could be moved; i.e. if iter
was at character offset 0, this
function returns FALSE. Therefore if iter
was already on line 0,
but not at the start of the line, iter
is snapped to the start of
the line and the function returns TRUE. (Note that this implies that
in a loop calling this function, the line number may not change on
every iteration, if your first iteration is on line 0.)
Returns
whether iter
moved
gtk_text_iter_forward_lines ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_lines (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint count);
Moves count
lines forward, if possible (if count
would move
past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of
the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved
onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or
moved onto the end iterator, then FALSE is returned. If count
is 0,
the function does nothing and returns FALSE. If count
is negative,
moves backward by 0 - count
lines.
Returns
whether iter
moved and is dereferenceable
gtk_text_iter_backward_lines ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_lines (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint count);
Moves count
lines backward, if possible (if count
would move
past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of
the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved
onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or
moved onto the end iterator, then FALSE is returned. If count
is 0,
the function does nothing and returns FALSE. If count
is negative,
moves forward by 0 - count
lines.
Returns
whether iter
moved and is dereferenceable
gtk_text_iter_forward_word_end ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_word_end (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves forward to the next word end. (If iter
is currently on a
word end, moves forward to the next one after that.) Word breaks
are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any
language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
moved and is not the end iterator
gtk_text_iter_backward_word_start ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_word_start (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves backward to the previous word start. (If iter
is currently on a
word start, moves backward to the next one after that.) Word breaks
are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any
language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
moved and is not the end iterator
gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
forward by a single cursor position. Cursor positions
are (unsurprisingly) positions where the cursor can appear. Perhaps
surprisingly, there may not be a cursor position between all
characters. The most common example for European languages would be
a carriage return/newline sequence. For some Unicode characters,
the equivalent of say the letter “a” with an accent mark will be
represented as two characters, first the letter then a "combining
mark" that causes the accent to be rendered; so the cursor can’t go
between those two characters. See also the PangoLogAttr and
pango_break() function.
Returns
TRUE if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable
gtk_text_iter_backward_sentence_start ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_sentence_start (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves backward to the previous sentence start; if iter
is already at
the start of a sentence, moves backward to the next one. Sentence
boundaries are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly
any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text
boundary algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
moved and is not the end iterator
gtk_text_iter_forward_sentence_end ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_sentence_end (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves forward to the next sentence end. (If iter
is at the end of
a sentence, moves to the next end of sentence.) Sentence
boundaries are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly
any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text
boundary algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
moved and is not the end iterator
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_end ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_end
(GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves forward to the next visible word end. (If iter
is currently on a
word end, moves forward to the next one after that.) Word breaks
are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any
language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
moved and is not the end iterator
Since: 2.4
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_start ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_start
(GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves backward to the previous visible word start. (If iter
is currently
on a word start, moves backward to the next one after that.) Word breaks
are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any
language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break
algorithms).
Returns
TRUE if iter
moved and is not the end iterator
Since: 2.4
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_cursor_position ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_cursor_position
(GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
forward to the next visible cursor position. See
gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.
Returns
TRUE if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable
Since: 2.4
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_cursor_position ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_cursor_position
(GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
forward to the previous visible cursor position. See
gtk_text_iter_backward_cursor_position() for details.
Returns
TRUE if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable
Since: 2.4
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_line ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_line (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
to the start of the next visible line. Returns TRUE if there
was a next line to move to, and FALSE if iter
was simply moved to
the end of the buffer and is now not dereferenceable, or if iter
was
already at the end of the buffer.
Returns
whether iter
can be dereferenced
Since: 2.8
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_line ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_line (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
to the start of the previous visible line. Returns TRUE if
iter
could be moved; i.e. if iter
was at character offset 0, this
function returns FALSE. Therefore if iter
was already on line 0,
but not at the start of the line, iter
is snapped to the start of
the line and the function returns TRUE. (Note that this implies that
in a loop calling this function, the line number may not change on
every iteration, if your first iteration is on line 0.)
Returns
whether iter
moved
Since: 2.8
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_lines ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_lines (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint count);
Moves count
visible lines forward, if possible (if count
would move
past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of
the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved
onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or
moved onto the end iterator, then FALSE is returned. If count
is 0,
the function does nothing and returns FALSE. If count
is negative,
moves backward by 0 - count
lines.
Returns
whether iter
moved and is dereferenceable
Since: 2.8
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_lines ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_lines (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint count);
Moves count
visible lines backward, if possible (if count
would move
past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of
the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved
onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or
moved onto the end iterator, then FALSE is returned. If count
is 0,
the function does nothing and returns FALSE. If count
is negative,
moves forward by 0 - count
lines.
Returns
whether iter
moved and is dereferenceable
Since: 2.8
gtk_text_iter_set_offset ()
void
gtk_text_iter_set_offset (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint char_offset);
Sets iter
to point to char_offset
. char_offset
counts from the start
of the entire text buffer, starting with 0.
gtk_text_iter_set_line ()
void
gtk_text_iter_set_line (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint line_number);
Moves iterator iter
to the start of the line line_number
. If
line_number
is negative or larger than the number of lines in the
buffer, moves iter
to the start of the last line in the buffer.
gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset ()
void
gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint char_on_line);
Moves iter
within a line, to a new character
(not byte) offset. The given character offset must be less than or
equal to the number of characters in the line; if equal, iter
moves to the start of the next line. See
gtk_text_iter_set_line_index() if you have a byte index rather than
a character offset.
gtk_text_iter_set_line_index ()
void
gtk_text_iter_set_line_index (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint byte_on_line);
Same as gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset(), but works with a
byte index. The given byte index must be at
the start of a character, it can’t be in the middle of a UTF-8
encoded character.
gtk_text_iter_set_visible_line_index ()
void
gtk_text_iter_set_visible_line_index (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint byte_on_line);
Like gtk_text_iter_set_line_index(), but the index is in visible
bytes, i.e. text with a tag making it invisible is not counted
in the index.
gtk_text_iter_set_visible_line_offset ()
void
gtk_text_iter_set_visible_line_offset (GtkTextIter *iter,
gint char_on_line);
Like gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset(), but the offset is in visible
characters, i.e. text with a tag making it invisible is not
counted in the offset.
gtk_text_iter_forward_to_end ()
void
gtk_text_iter_forward_to_end (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves iter
forward to the “end iterator,” which points one past the last
valid character in the buffer. gtk_text_iter_get_char() called on the
end iterator returns 0, which is convenient for writing loops.
gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end (GtkTextIter *iter);
Moves the iterator to point to the paragraph delimiter characters,
which will be either a newline, a carriage return, a carriage
return/newline in sequence, or the Unicode paragraph separator
character. If the iterator is already at the paragraph delimiter
characters, moves to the paragraph delimiter characters for the
next line. If iter
is on the last line in the buffer, which does
not end in paragraph delimiters, moves to the end iterator (end of
the last line), and returns FALSE.
Returns
TRUE if we moved and the new location is not the end iterator
gtk_text_iter_forward_to_tag_toggle ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_to_tag_toggle (GtkTextIter *iter,
GtkTextTag *tag);
Moves forward to the next toggle (on or off) of the
GtkTextTag tag
, or to the next toggle of any tag if
tag
is NULL. If no matching tag toggles are found,
returns FALSE, otherwise TRUE. Does not return toggles
located at iter
, only toggles after iter
. Sets iter
to
the location of the toggle, or to the end of the buffer
if no toggle is found.
Returns
whether we found a tag toggle after iter
gtk_text_iter_backward_to_tag_toggle ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_to_tag_toggle (GtkTextIter *iter,
GtkTextTag *tag);
Moves backward to the next toggle (on or off) of the
GtkTextTag tag
, or to the next toggle of any tag if
tag
is NULL. If no matching tag toggles are found,
returns FALSE, otherwise TRUE. Does not return toggles
located at iter
, only toggles before iter
. Sets iter
to the location of the toggle, or the start of the buffer
if no toggle is found.
Returns
whether we found a tag toggle before iter
gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char (GtkTextIter *iter,
GtkTextCharPredicate pred,
gpointer user_data,
const GtkTextIter *limit);
Advances iter
, calling pred
on each character. If
pred
returns TRUE, returns TRUE and stops scanning.
If pred
never returns TRUE, iter
is set to limit
if
limit
is non-NULL, otherwise to the end iterator.
Returns
whether a match was found
gtk_text_iter_forward_search ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_forward_search (const GtkTextIter *iter,
const gchar *str,
GtkTextSearchFlags flags,
GtkTextIter *match_start,
GtkTextIter *match_end,
const GtkTextIter *limit);
Searches forward for str
. Any match is returned by setting
match_start
to the first character of the match and match_end
to the
first character after the match. The search will not continue past
limit
. Note that a search is a linear or O(n) operation, so you
may wish to use limit
to avoid locking up your UI on large
buffers.
match_start
will never be set to a GtkTextIter located before iter
, even if
there is a possible match_end
after or at iter
.
Returns
whether a match was found
gtk_text_iter_equal ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_equal (const GtkTextIter *lhs,
const GtkTextIter *rhs);
Tests whether two iterators are equal, using the fastest possible
mechanism. This function is very fast; you can expect it to perform
better than e.g. getting the character offset for each iterator and
comparing the offsets yourself. Also, it’s a bit faster than
gtk_text_iter_compare().
Returns
TRUE if the iterators point to the same place in the buffer
gtk_text_iter_compare ()
gint
gtk_text_iter_compare (const GtkTextIter *lhs,
const GtkTextIter *rhs);
A qsort()-style function that returns negative if lhs
is less than
rhs
, positive if lhs
is greater than rhs
, and 0 if they’re equal.
Ordering is in character offset order, i.e. the first character in the buffer
is less than the second character in the buffer.
Returns
-1 if lhs
is less than rhs
, 1 if lhs
is greater, 0 if they are equal
gtk_text_iter_in_range ()
gboolean
gtk_text_iter_in_range (const GtkTextIter *iter,
const GtkTextIter *start,
const GtkTextIter *end);
Checks whether iter
falls in the range [start
, end
).
start
and end
must be in ascending order.
Returns
TRUE if iter
is in the range
gtk_text_iter_order ()
void
gtk_text_iter_order (GtkTextIter *first,
GtkTextIter *second);
Swaps the value of first
and second
if second
comes before
first
in the buffer. That is, ensures that first
and second
are
in sequence. Most text buffer functions that take a range call this
automatically on your behalf, so there’s no real reason to call it yourself
in those cases. There are some exceptions, such as gtk_text_iter_in_range(),
that expect a pre-sorted range.