Method

GtkTextIterbackward_search

Declaration [src] 

gboolean
gtk_text_iter_backward_search (
  const GtkTextIter* iter,
  const gchar* str,
  GtkTextSearchFlags flags,
  GtkTextIter* match_start,
  GtkTextIter* match_end,
  const GtkTextIter* limit
)

Description [src]

Same as gtk_text_iter_forward_search(), but moves backward.

match_end will never be set to a GtkTextIter located after iter, even if there is a possible match_start before or at iter.

Parameters

str

Type: const gchar*

Search string.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
flags

Type: GtkTextSearchFlags

Bitmask of flags affecting the search.

match_start

Type: GtkTextIter

Return location for start of match, or NULL.

The argument will be set by the function.
The argument can be NULL.
The returned data is owned by the instance.
match_end

Type: GtkTextIter

Return location for end of match, or NULL.

The argument will be set by the function.
The argument can be NULL.
The returned data is owned by the instance.
limit

Type: GtkTextIter

Location of last possible match_start, or NULL for start of buffer.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the method.

Return value

Type: gboolean

Whether a match was found.