TextBuffer

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Description:

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Properties:

• public uint length { get; }
  The length (in characters) of the text in buffer.
• public int max_length { get; set; }
  The maximum length (in characters) of the text in the buffer.
• public string text { get; }
  The contents of the buffer.

Creation methods:

• public TextBuffer ()
  Create a new ClutterTextBuffer object.
• public TextBuffer.with_text (string? text, ssize_t text_len)
  Create a new ClutterTextBuffer object with some text.

Methods:

• public virtual uint delete_text (uint position, uint n_chars)
  Deletes a sequence of characters from the buffer.
• public void emit_deleted_text (uint position, uint n_chars)
  Emits the deleted_text signal on this.
• public void emit_inserted_text (uint position, string chars, uint n_chars)
  Emits the inserted_text signal on this.
• public size_t get_bytes ()
  Retrieves the length in bytes of the buffer.
• public virtual uint get_length ()
  Retrieves the length in characters of the buffer.
• public int get_max_length ()
  Retrieves the maximum allowed length of the text in this.
• public unowned string get_text ()
  Retrieves the contents of the buffer.
• public virtual unowned string get_text_with_length (size_t n_bytes)
• public virtual uint insert_text (uint position, string chars, uint n_chars)
  Inserts n_chars characters of chars into the contents of the buffer, at position position.
• public void set_max_length (int max_length)
  Sets the maximum allowed length of the contents of the buffer.
• public void set_text (string chars, int n_chars)
  Sets the text in the buffer.

Signals:

• public virtual signal void deleted_text (uint position, uint n_chars)
  This signal is emitted after text is deleted from the buffer.
• public virtual signal void inserted_text (uint position, string chars, uint n_chars)
  This signal is emitted after text is inserted into the buffer.

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