Function

GtkTextBufferSerializeFunc

Declaration

guint8*
(* GtkTextBufferSerializeFunc) (
  GtkTextBuffer* register_buffer,
  GtkTextBuffer* content_buffer,
  const GtkTextIter* start,
  const GtkTextIter* end,
  gsize* length,
  gpointer user_data
)

Description [src]

A function that is called to serialize the content of a text buffer. It must return the serialized form of the content.

Parameters

register_buffer

Type: GtkTextBuffer

The GtkTextBuffer for which the format is registered.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

content_buffer

Type: GtkTextBuffer

The GtkTextBuffer to serialize.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

start

Type: GtkTextIter

Start of the block of text to serialize.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

end

Type: GtkTextIter

End of the block of text to serialize.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

length

Type: gsize*

Return location for the length of the serialized data.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

user_data

Type: gpointer

User data that was specified when registering the format.

The argument can be NULL.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Type: guint8*

A newly-allocated array of guint8 which contains the serialized data, or NULL if an error occurred.

The data is owned by the called function.

The return value can be NULL.