Gtk::TextIter Class Reference
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Typefed as Gtk::TextBuffer::iterator. More...

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Public Types

typedef
std::bidirectional_iterator_tag 
iterator_category
typedef gunichar value_type
typedef int difference_type
typedef value_type reference
typedef void pointer

Public Member Functions

 TextIter ()
 TextIter (const GtkTextIter* gobject)
GtkTextIter* gobj ()
 Provides access to the underlying C instance.
const GtkTextIter* gobj () const
 Provides access to the underlying C instance.
TextIteroperator++ ()
 Alias for forward_char().
const TextIter operator++ (int)
TextIteroperator-- ()
 Alias for backward_char().
const TextIter operator-- (int)
value_type operator* () const
 Alias for get_char().
 operator bool () const
 Alias for !is_end().
Glib::RefPtr< TextBufferget_buffer () const
 Returns the Gtk::TextBuffer this iterator is associated with.
int get_offset () const
 Returns the character offset of an iterator.
int get_line () const
 Returns the line number containing the iterator.
int get_line_offset () const
 Returns the character offset of the iterator, counting from the start of a newline-terminated line.
int get_line_index () const
 Returns the byte index of the iterator, counting from the start of a newline-terminated line.
int get_visible_line_offset () const
 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.
int get_visible_line_index () const
 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.
gunichar get_char () const
 Returns the Unicode character at this iterator.
Glib::ustring get_slice (const TextIter& end) const
 Returns the text in the given range.
Glib::ustring get_text (const TextIter& end) const
 Returns <emphasis>text</emphasis> in the given range.
Glib::ustring get_visible_slice (const TextIter& end) const
 Like iter_get_slice(), but invisible text is not included.
Glib::ustring get_visible_text (const TextIter& end) const
 Like iter_get_text(), but invisible text is not included.
Glib::RefPtr< Gdk::Pixbufget_pixbuf () const
 If the element at iter is a pixbuf, the pixbuf is returned (with no new reference count added).
Glib::SListHandle
< Glib::RefPtr< TextMark > > 
get_marks ()
 Returns a list of all Gtk::TextMark at this location.
Glib::SListHandle
< Glib::RefPtr< const TextMark > > 
get_marks () const
 Returns a list of all Gtk::TextMark at this location.
Glib::RefPtr< TextChildAnchorget_child_anchor ()
 If the location at iter contains a child anchor, the anchor is returned (with no new reference count added).
Glib::RefPtr< const
TextChildAnchor
get_child_anchor () const
 If the location at iter contains a child anchor, the anchor is returned (with no new reference count added).
Glib::SListHandle
< Glib::RefPtr< TextTag > > 
get_toggled_tags (bool toggled_on=true)
 Returns a list of Gtk::TextTag that are toggled on or off at this point.
Glib::SListHandle
< Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag > > 
get_toggled_tags (bool toggled_on=true) const
 Returns a list of Gtk::TextTag that are toggled on or off at this point.
bool begins_tag (const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >& tag) const
 Returns true if tag is toggled on at exactly this point.
bool begins_tag () const
bool ends_tag (const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >& tag) const
 Returns true if tag is toggled off at exactly this point.
bool ends_tag () const
bool toggles_tag (const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >& tag) const
 This is equivalent to (iter_begins_tag() || iter_ends_tag()), i.e. it tells you whether a range with tag applied to it begins <emphasis>or</emphasis> ends at iter.
bool toggles_tag () const
bool has_tag (const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >& tag) const
 Returns true if iter is within a range tagged with tag.
bool has_tag () const
Glib::SListHandle
< Glib::RefPtr< TextTag > > 
get_tags ()
 Returns a list of tags that apply to iter, in ascending order of priority (highest-priority tags are last).
Glib::SListHandle
< Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag > > 
get_tags () const
 Returns a list of tags that apply to iter, in ascending order of priority (highest-priority tags are last).
bool editable (bool default_setting=true) const
 Returns whether the character at iter is within an editable region of text.
bool can_insert (bool default_editability=true) const
 Considering the default editability of the buffer, and tags that affect editability, determines whether text inserted at iter would be editable.
bool starts_word () const
 Determines whether iter begins a natural-language word.
bool ends_word () const
 Determines whether iter ends a natural-language word.
bool inside_word () const
 Determines whether iter is inside a natural-language word (as opposed to say inside some whitespace).
bool starts_sentence () const
 Determines whether iter begins a sentence.
bool ends_sentence () const
 Determines whether iter ends a sentence.
bool inside_sentence () const
 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).
bool starts_line () const
 Returns true if iter begins a paragraph, i.e. if iter_get_line_offset() would return 0.
bool ends_line () const
 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).
bool is_cursor_position () const
 See iter_forward_cursor_position() or Pango::LogAttr or pango_break() for details on what a cursor position is.
int get_chars_in_line () const
 Returns the number of characters in the line containing iter, including the paragraph delimiters.
int get_bytes_in_line () const
 Returns the number of bytes in the line containing iter, including the paragraph delimiters.
bool get_attributes (TextAttributes& values) const
Pango::Language get_language () const
 A convenience wrapper around iter_get_attributes(), which returns the language in effect at iter.
bool is_end () const
 Returns true if iter is the end iterator, i.e. one past the last dereferenceable iterator in the buffer.
bool is_start () const
 Returns true if iter is the first iterator in the buffer, that is if iter has a character offset of 0.
bool forward_char ()
 Moves iter forward by one character offset.
bool backward_char ()
 Moves backward by one character offset.
bool forward_chars (int 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).
bool backward_chars (int 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).
bool forward_line ()
 Moves iter to the start of the next line.
bool backward_line ()
 Moves iter to the start of the previous line.
bool forward_lines (int 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).
bool backward_lines (int 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).
bool forward_word_end ()
 Moves forward to the next word end.
bool backward_word_start ()
 Moves backward to the previous word start.
bool forward_word_ends (int count)
 Calls iter_forward_word_end() up to count times.
bool backward_word_starts (int count)
 Calls iter_backward_word_start() up to count times.
bool forward_visible_line ()
 Moves iter to the start of the next visible line.
bool backward_visible_line ()
 Moves iter to the start of the previous visible line.
bool forward_visible_line (int 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).
bool backward_visible_lines (int 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).
bool forward_visible_word_end ()
 Moves forward to the next visible word end.
bool backward_visible_word_start ()
 Moves backward to the previous visible word start.
bool forward_visible_word_ends (int count)
 Calls iter_forward_visible_word_end() up to count times.
bool backward_visible_word_starts (int count)
 Calls iter_backward_visible_word_start() up to count times.
bool forward_sentence_end ()
 Moves forward to the next sentence end.
bool backward_sentence_start ()
 Moves backward to the previous sentence start; if iter is already at the start of a sentence, moves backward to the next one.
bool forward_sentence_ends (int count)
 Calls iter_forward_sentence_end() count times (or until iter_forward_sentence_end() returns false).
bool backward_sentence_starts (int count)
 Calls iter_backward_sentence_start() up to count times, or until it returns false.
bool forward_cursor_position ()
 Moves iter forward by a single cursor position.
bool backward_cursor_position ()
 Like iter_forward_cursor_position(), but moves backward.
bool forward_cursor_positions (int count)
 Moves up to count cursor positions.
bool backward_cursor_positions (int count)
 Moves up to count cursor positions.
bool forward_visible_cursor_position ()
 Moves iter forward to the next visible cursor position.
bool backward_visible_cursor_position ()
 Moves iter forward to the previous visible cursor position.
bool forward_visible_cursor_positions (int count)
 Moves up to count visible cursor positions.
bool backward_visible_cursor_positions (int count)
 Moves up to count visible cursor positions.
void set_offset (int char_offset)
 Sets iter to point to char_offset.
void set_line (int line_number)
 Moves iterator iter to the start of the line line_number.
void set_line_offset (int char_on_line)
 Moves iter within a line, to a new <emphasis>character</emphasis> (not byte) offset.
void set_line_index (int byte_on_line)
 Same as iter_set_line_offset(), but works with a <emphasis>byte</emphasis> index.
void forward_to_end ()
 Moves iter forward to the "end iterator," which points one past the last valid character in the buffer.
bool forward_to_line_end ()
 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.
void set_visible_line_offset (int char_on_line)
 Like 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.
void set_visible_line_index (int byte_on_line)
 Like 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.
bool forward_to_tag_toggle (const Glib::RefPtr< TextTag >& tag)
 Moves forward to the next toggle (on or off) of the Gtk::TextTag tag, or to the next toggle of any tag if tag is 0.
bool backward_to_tag_toggle (const Glib::RefPtr< TextTag >& tag)
 Moves backward to the next toggle (on or off) of the Gtk::TextTag tag, or to the next toggle of any tag if tag is 0.
template<class Predicate >
bool forward_find_char (const Predicate& predicate, const TextIter& limit)
template<class Predicate >
bool forward_find_char (const Predicate& predicate)
template<class Predicate >
bool backward_find_char (const Predicate& predicate, const TextIter& limit)
template<class Predicate >
bool backward_find_char (const Predicate& predicate)
bool forward_search (const Glib::ustring& str, TextSearchFlags flags, TextIter& match_start, TextIter& match_end, const TextIter& limit) const
 Searches forward for str.
bool forward_search (const Glib::ustring& str, TextSearchFlags flags, TextIter& match_start, TextIter& match_end) const
 Same as forward_search(), but searchs to the end.
bool backward_search (const Glib::ustring& str, TextSearchFlags flags, TextIter& match_start, TextIter& match_end, const TextIter& limit) const
 Same as iter_forward_search(), but moves backward.
bool backward_search (const Glib::ustring& str, TextSearchFlags flags, TextIter& match_start, TextIter& match_end) const
 Same as backward_search(), but searches to the start.
int compare (const TextIter& rhs) const
 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.
bool in_range (const TextIter&start, const TextIter& end) const
 Checks whether iter falls in the range [ start, end).
void order (TextIter& second)
 Swaps the value of first and second if second comes before first in the buffer.

Protected Attributes

GtkTextIter gobject_

Related Functions

(Note that these are not member functions.)



Gtk::TextIterwrap (GtkTextIter* object)
const Gtk::TextIterwrap (const GtkTextIter* object)

Detailed Description

Typefed as Gtk::TextBuffer::iterator.

An iterator represents a position between two characters in the text buffer. Iterators are not valid indefinitely; whenever the buffer is modified in a way that affects the number of characters in the buffer, all outstanding iterators become invalid. (Note that deleting 5 characters and then reinserting 5 still invalidates iterators, though you end up with the same number of characters you pass through a state with a different number).

Because of this, iterators can't be used to preserve positions across buffer modifications. To preserve a position, the Gtk::TextBuffer::Mark object is ideal.

You can iterate over characters, words, lines, and sentences, but operator*() and operator++() deal only in characters.


Member Typedef Documentation

typedef void Gtk::TextIter::pointer
typedef gunichar Gtk::TextIter::value_type

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Gtk::TextIter::TextIter (  ) 
Gtk::TextIter::TextIter ( const GtkTextIter *  gobject  )  [explicit]

Member Function Documentation

bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_char (  ) 

Moves backward by one character offset.

Returns true if movement was possible; if iter was the first in the buffer (character offset 0), iter_backward_char() returns false for convenience when writing loops.

Returns:
Whether movement was possible.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_chars ( int  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.

Parameters:
count Number of characters to move.
Returns:
Whether iter moved and is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_cursor_position (  ) 

Like iter_forward_cursor_position(), but moves backward.

Returns:
true if we moved.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_cursor_positions ( int  count  ) 

Moves up to count cursor positions.

See iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Parameters:
count Number of positions to move.
Returns:
true if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable.
template <class Predicate >
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_find_char ( const Predicate &  predicate  )  [inline]
template <class Predicate >
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_find_char ( const Predicate &  predicate,
const TextIter limit 
) [inline]
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_line (  ) 

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_lines ( int  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.

Parameters:
count Number of lines to move backward.
Returns:
Whether iter moved and is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_search ( const Glib::ustring str,
TextSearchFlags  flags,
TextIter match_start,
TextIter match_end 
) const

Same as backward_search(), but searches to the start.

Parameters:
str Search string.
flags Bitmask of flags affecting the search.
match_start Return location for start of match, or 0.
match_end Return location for end of match, or 0.
Returns:
Whether a match was found.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_search ( const Glib::ustring str,
TextSearchFlags  flags,
TextIter match_start,
TextIter match_end,
const TextIter limit 
) const

Same as iter_forward_search(), but moves backward.

Parameters:
str Search string.
flags Bitmask of flags affecting the search.
match_start Return location for start of match.
match_end Return location for end of match.
limit Location of last possible match_start.
Returns:
Whether a match was found.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_sentence_start (  ) 

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_sentence_starts ( int  count  ) 

Calls iter_backward_sentence_start() up to count times, or until it returns false.

If count is negative, moves forward instead of backward.

Parameters:
count Number of sentences to move.
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_to_tag_toggle ( const Glib::RefPtr< TextTag >&  tag  ) 

Moves backward to the next toggle (on or off) of the Gtk::TextTag tag, or to the next toggle of any tag if tag is 0.

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.

Parameters:
tag A Gtk::TextTag, or 0.
Returns:
Whether we found a tag toggle before iter.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_visible_cursor_position (  ) 

Moves iter forward to the previous visible cursor position.

See iter_backward_cursor_position() for details.

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Returns:
true if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_visible_cursor_positions ( int  count  ) 

Moves up to count visible cursor positions.

See iter_backward_cursor_position() for details.

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Parameters:
count Number of positions to move.
Returns:
true if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_visible_line (  ) 

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.)

Since gtkmm 2.8:
Returns:
Whether iter moved.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_visible_lines ( int  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.

Since gtkmm 2.8:
Parameters:
count Number of lines to move backward.
Returns:
Whether iter moved and is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_visible_word_start (  ) 

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).

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_visible_word_starts ( int  count  ) 

Calls iter_backward_visible_word_start() up to count times.

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Parameters:
count Number of times to move.
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_word_start (  ) 

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::backward_word_starts ( int  count  ) 

Calls iter_backward_word_start() up to count times.

Parameters:
count Number of times to move.
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::begins_tag (  )  const
bool Gtk::TextIter::begins_tag ( const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >&  tag  )  const

Returns true if tag is toggled on at exactly this point.

If tag is 0, returns true if any tag is toggled on at this point. Note that the iter_begins_tag() returns true if iter is the <emphasis>start</emphasis> of the tagged range; iter_has_tag() tells you whether an iterator is <emphasis>within</emphasis> a tagged range.

Parameters:
tag A Gtk::TextTag, or 0.
Returns:
Whether iter is the start of a range tagged with tag.
bool Gtk::TextIter::can_insert ( bool  default_editability = true  )  const

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::TextBuffer::insert_interactive() uses this function to decide whether insertions are allowed at a given position.

Parameters:
default_editability true if text is editable by default.
Returns:
Whether text inserted at iter would be editable.
int Gtk::TextIter::compare ( const TextIter rhs  )  const

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.

Parameters:
rhs Another Gtk::TextIter.
Returns:
-1 if lhs is less than rhs, 1 if lhs is greater, 0 if they are equal.
bool Gtk::TextIter::editable ( bool  default_setting = true  )  const

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 Gtk::TextView. This function is simply a convenience wrapper around 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 iter_can_insert() to handle this case.

Parameters:
default_setting true if text is editable by default.
Returns:
Whether iter is inside an editable range.
bool Gtk::TextIter::ends_line (  )  const

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::ends_sentence (  )  const

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::ends_tag (  )  const
bool Gtk::TextIter::ends_tag ( const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >&  tag  )  const

Returns true if tag is toggled off at exactly this point.

If tag is 0, returns true if any tag is toggled off at this point. Note that the iter_ends_tag() returns true if iter is the <emphasis>end</emphasis> of the tagged range; iter_has_tag() tells you whether an iterator is <emphasis>within</emphasis> a tagged range.

Parameters:
tag A Gtk::TextTag, or 0.
Returns:
Whether iter is the end of a range tagged with tag.
bool Gtk::TextIter::ends_word (  )  const

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_char (  ) 

Moves iter forward by one character offset.

Note that images embedded in the buffer occupy 1 character slot, so 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 iter_forward_char() returns false for convenience when writing loops.

Returns:
Whether iter moved and is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_chars ( int  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.

Parameters:
count Number of characters to move, may be negative.
Returns:
Whether iter moved and is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_cursor_position (  ) 

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 Pango::LogAttr structure and pango_break() function.

Returns:
true if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_cursor_positions ( int  count  ) 

Moves up to count cursor positions.

See iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Parameters:
count Number of positions to move.
Returns:
true if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable.
template <class Predicate >
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_find_char ( const Predicate &  predicate  )  [inline]
template <class Predicate >
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_find_char ( const Predicate &  predicate,
const TextIter limit 
) [inline]
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_line (  ) 

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_lines ( int  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.

Parameters:
count Number of lines to move forward.
Returns:
Whether iter moved and is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_search ( const Glib::ustring str,
TextSearchFlags  flags,
TextIter match_start,
TextIter match_end 
) const

Same as forward_search(), but searchs to the end.

Parameters:
str A search string.
flags Flags affecting how the search is done.
match_start Return location for start of match, or 0.
match_end Return location for end of match, or 0.
Returns:
Whether a match was found.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_search ( const Glib::ustring str,
TextSearchFlags  flags,
TextIter match_start,
TextIter match_end,
const TextIter limit 
) const

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.

If the Gtk::TEXT_SEARCH_VISIBLE_ONLY flag is present, the match may have invisible text interspersed in str. i.e. str will be a possibly-noncontiguous subsequence of the matched range. similarly, if you specify Gtk::TEXT_SEARCH_TEXT_ONLY, the match may have pixbufs or child widgets mixed inside the matched range. If these flags are not given, the match must be exact; the special 0xFFFC character in str will match embedded pixbufs or child widgets.

Parameters:
str A search string.
flags Flags affecting how the search is done.
match_start Return location for start of match.
match_end Return location for end of match.
limit Bound for the search.
Returns:
Whether a match was found.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_sentence_end (  ) 

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_sentence_ends ( int  count  ) 

Calls iter_forward_sentence_end() count times (or until iter_forward_sentence_end() returns false).

If count is negative, moves backward instead of forward.

Parameters:
count Number of sentences to move.
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
void Gtk::TextIter::forward_to_end (  ) 

Moves iter forward to the "end iterator," which points one past the last valid character in the buffer.

iter_get_char() called on the end iterator returns 0, which is convenient for writing loops.

bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_to_line_end (  ) 

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_to_tag_toggle ( const Glib::RefPtr< TextTag >&  tag  ) 

Moves forward to the next toggle (on or off) of the Gtk::TextTag tag, or to the next toggle of any tag if tag is 0.

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.

Parameters:
tag A Gtk::TextTag, or 0.
Returns:
Whether we found a tag toggle after iter.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_visible_cursor_position (  ) 

Moves iter forward to the next visible cursor position.

See iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Returns:
true if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_visible_cursor_positions ( int  count  ) 

Moves up to count visible cursor positions.

See iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Parameters:
count Number of positions to move.
Returns:
true if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_visible_line ( int  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.

Since gtkmm 2.8:
Parameters:
count Number of lines to move forward.
Returns:
Whether iter moved and is dereferenceable.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_visible_line (  ) 

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.

Since gtkmm 2.8:
Returns:
Whether iter can be dereferenced.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_visible_word_end (  ) 

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).

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_visible_word_ends ( int  count  ) 

Calls iter_forward_visible_word_end() up to count times.

Since gtkmm 2.4:
Parameters:
count Number of times to move.
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_word_end (  ) 

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::forward_word_ends ( int  count  ) 

Calls iter_forward_word_end() up to count times.

Parameters:
count Number of times to move.
Returns:
true if iter moved and is not the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::get_attributes ( TextAttributes values  )  const
Glib::RefPtr<TextBuffer> Gtk::TextIter::get_buffer (  )  const

Returns the Gtk::TextBuffer this iterator is associated with.

Returns:
The buffer.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_bytes_in_line (  )  const

Returns the number of bytes in the line containing iter, including the paragraph delimiters.

Returns:
Number of bytes in the line.
gunichar Gtk::TextIter::get_char (  )  const

Returns the Unicode character at this iterator.

(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 iter_get_char() returns 0.

Returns:
A Unicode character, or 0 if iter is not dereferenceable.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_chars_in_line (  )  const

Returns the number of characters in the line containing iter, including the paragraph delimiters.

Returns:
Number of characters in the line.
Glib::RefPtr<const TextChildAnchor> Gtk::TextIter::get_child_anchor (  )  const

If the location at iter contains a child anchor, the anchor is returned (with no new reference count added).

Otherwise, 0 is returned.

Returns:
The anchor at iter.
Glib::RefPtr<TextChildAnchor> Gtk::TextIter::get_child_anchor (  ) 

If the location at iter contains a child anchor, the anchor is returned (with no new reference count added).

Otherwise, 0 is returned.

Returns:
The anchor at iter.
Pango::Language Gtk::TextIter::get_language (  )  const

A convenience wrapper around iter_get_attributes(), which returns the language in effect at iter.

If no tags affecting language apply to iter, the return value is identical to that of gtk_get_default_language().

Returns:
Language in effect at iter.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_line (  )  const

Returns the line number containing the iterator.

Lines in a Gtk::TextBuffer are numbered beginning with 0 for the first line in the buffer.

Returns:
A line number.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_line_index (  )  const

Returns the byte index of the iterator, counting from the start of a newline-terminated line.

Remember that Gtk::TextBuffer 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.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_line_offset (  )  const

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.
Glib::SListHandle< Glib::RefPtr<const TextMark> > Gtk::TextIter::get_marks (  )  const

Returns a list of all Gtk::TextMark 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 Gtk::TextMark.
Glib::SListHandle< Glib::RefPtr<TextMark> > Gtk::TextIter::get_marks (  ) 

Returns a list of all Gtk::TextMark 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 Gtk::TextMark.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_offset (  )  const

Returns the character offset of an iterator.

Each character in a Gtk::TextBuffer has an offset, starting with 0 for the first character in the buffer. Use Gtk::TextBuffer::get_iter_at_offset() to convert an offset back into an iterator.

Returns:
A character offset.
Glib::RefPtr<Gdk::Pixbuf> Gtk::TextIter::get_pixbuf (  )  const

If the element at iter is a pixbuf, the pixbuf is returned (with no new reference count added).

Otherwise, 0 is returned.

Returns:
The pixbuf at iter.
Glib::ustring Gtk::TextIter::get_slice ( const TextIter end  )  const

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.

Parameters:
end Iterator at end of a range.
Returns:
Slice of text from the buffer.
Glib::SListHandle< Glib::RefPtr<const TextTag> > Gtk::TextIter::get_tags (  )  const

Returns a list of tags that apply to iter, in ascending order of priority (highest-priority tags are last).

Returns:
List of Gtk::TextTag.
Glib::SListHandle< Glib::RefPtr<TextTag> > Gtk::TextIter::get_tags (  ) 

Returns a list of tags that apply to iter, in ascending order of priority (highest-priority tags are last).

Returns:
List of Gtk::TextTag.
Glib::ustring Gtk::TextIter::get_text ( const TextIter end  )  const

Returns <emphasis>text</emphasis> 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 iter_get_slice().

Parameters:
end Iterator at end of a range.
Returns:
Array of characters from the buffer.
Glib::SListHandle< Glib::RefPtr<const TextTag> > Gtk::TextIter::get_toggled_tags ( bool  toggled_on = true  )  const

Returns a list of Gtk::TextTag 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 <emphasis>not</emphasis> have the tag applied to it.

Parameters:
toggled_on true to get toggled-on tags.
Returns:
Tags toggled at this point.
Glib::SListHandle< Glib::RefPtr<TextTag> > Gtk::TextIter::get_toggled_tags ( bool  toggled_on = true  ) 

Returns a list of Gtk::TextTag 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 <emphasis>not</emphasis> have the tag applied to it.

Parameters:
toggled_on true to get toggled-on tags.
Returns:
Tags toggled at this point.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_visible_line_index (  )  const

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.
int Gtk::TextIter::get_visible_line_offset (  )  const

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.
Glib::ustring Gtk::TextIter::get_visible_slice ( const TextIter end  )  const

Like iter_get_slice(), but invisible text is not included.

Invisible text is usually invisible because a Gtk::TextTag with the "invisible" attribute turned on has been applied to it.

Parameters:
end Iterator at end of range.
Returns:
Slice of text from the buffer.
Glib::ustring Gtk::TextIter::get_visible_text ( const TextIter end  )  const

Like iter_get_text(), but invisible text is not included.

Invisible text is usually invisible because a Gtk::TextTag with the "invisible" attribute turned on has been applied to it.

Parameters:
end Iterator at end of range.
Returns:
String containing visible text in the range.
const GtkTextIter* Gtk::TextIter::gobj (  )  const [inline]

Provides access to the underlying C instance.

GtkTextIter* Gtk::TextIter::gobj (  )  [inline]

Provides access to the underlying C instance.

bool Gtk::TextIter::has_tag (  )  const
bool Gtk::TextIter::has_tag ( const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >&  tag  )  const

Returns true if iter is within a range tagged with tag.

Parameters:
tag A Gtk::TextTag.
Returns:
Whether iter is tagged with tag.
bool Gtk::TextIter::in_range ( const TextIter start,
const TextIter end 
) const

Checks whether iter falls in the range [ start, end).

start and end must be in ascending order.

Parameters:
start Start of range.
end End of range.
Returns:
true if iter is in the range.
bool Gtk::TextIter::inside_sentence (  )  const

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::inside_word (  )  const

Determines whether iter is inside 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).

Returns:
true if iter is inside a word.
bool Gtk::TextIter::is_cursor_position (  )  const

See iter_forward_cursor_position() or Pango::LogAttr or pango_break() for details on what a cursor position is.

Returns:
true if the cursor can be placed at iter.
bool Gtk::TextIter::is_end (  )  const

Returns true if iter is the end iterator, i.e. one past the last dereferenceable iterator in the buffer.

iter_is_end() is the most efficient way to check whether an iterator is the end iterator.

Returns:
Whether iter is the end iterator.
bool Gtk::TextIter::is_start (  )  const

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::TextIter::operator bool (  )  const [inline]

Alias for !is_end().

value_type Gtk::TextIter::operator* (  )  const [inline]

Alias for get_char().

const TextIter Gtk::TextIter::operator++ ( int   )  [inline]
TextIter& Gtk::TextIter::operator++ (  )  [inline]

Alias for forward_char().

const TextIter Gtk::TextIter::operator-- ( int   )  [inline]
TextIter& Gtk::TextIter::operator-- (  )  [inline]

Alias for backward_char().

void Gtk::TextIter::order ( TextIter 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 iter_in_range(), that expect a pre-sorted range.

Parameters:
second Another Gtk::TextIter.
void Gtk::TextIter::set_line ( int  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.

Parameters:
line_number Line number (counted from 0).
void Gtk::TextIter::set_line_index ( int  byte_on_line  ) 

Same as iter_set_line_offset(), but works with a <emphasis>byte</emphasis> 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.

Parameters:
byte_on_line A byte index relative to the start of iter's current line.
void Gtk::TextIter::set_line_offset ( int  char_on_line  ) 

Moves iter within a line, to a new <emphasis>character</emphasis> (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 iter_set_line_index() if you have a byte index rather than a character offset.

Parameters:
char_on_line A character offset relative to the start of iter's current line.
void Gtk::TextIter::set_offset ( int  char_offset  ) 

Sets iter to point to char_offset.

char_offset counts from the start of the entire text buffer, starting with 0.

Parameters:
char_offset A character number.
void Gtk::TextIter::set_visible_line_index ( int  byte_on_line  ) 

Like 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.

Parameters:
byte_on_line A byte index.
void Gtk::TextIter::set_visible_line_offset ( int  char_on_line  ) 

Like 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.

Parameters:
char_on_line A character offset.
bool Gtk::TextIter::starts_line (  )  const

Returns true if iter begins a paragraph, i.e. if iter_get_line_offset() would return 0.

However this function is potentially more efficient than iter_get_line_offset() because it doesn't have to compute the offset, it just has to see whether it's 0.

Returns:
Whether iter begins a line.
bool Gtk::TextIter::starts_sentence (  )  const

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::starts_word (  )  const

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.
bool Gtk::TextIter::toggles_tag (  )  const
bool Gtk::TextIter::toggles_tag ( const Glib::RefPtr< const TextTag >&  tag  )  const

This is equivalent to (iter_begins_tag() || iter_ends_tag()), i.e. it tells you whether a range with tag applied to it begins <emphasis>or</emphasis> ends at iter.

Parameters:
tag A Gtk::TextTag, or 0.
Returns:
Whether tag is toggled on or off at iter.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

const Gtk::TextIter& wrap ( const GtkTextIter *  object  )  [related]
Parameters:
object The C instance
Returns:
A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.
Gtk::TextIter& wrap ( GtkTextIter *  object  )  [related]
Parameters:
object The C instance
Returns:
A C++ instance that wraps this C instance.

Member Data Documentation

GtkTextIter Gtk::TextIter::gobject_ [protected]

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