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`	`GtkTextBuffer`
	The `GtkTextBuffer` for which the format is registered.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`content_buffer`	`GtkTextBuffer`
	The `GtkTextBuffer` to serialize.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`start`	`GtkTextIter`
	Start of the block of text to serialize.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`end`	`GtkTextIter`
	End of the block of text to serialize.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`length`	`gsize*`
	Return location for the length of the serialized data.
	The data is owned by the caller of the function.
`user_data`	`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

Returns:	`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`.