Virtual Method

GtkIMContextget_surrounding

Declaration [src]

gboolean
get_surrounding (
  GtkIMContext* context,
  gchar** text,
  gint* cursor_index
)

Description [src]

Retrieves context around the insertion point. Input methods typically want context in order to constrain input text based on existing text; this is important for languages such as Thai where only some sequences of characters are allowed.

This function is implemented by emitting the GtkIMContext::retrieve_surrounding signal on the input method; in response to this signal, a widget should provide as much context as is available, up to an entire paragraph, by calling gtk_im_context_set_surrounding(). Note that there is no obligation for a widget to respond to the ::retrieve_surrounding signal, so input methods must be prepared to function without context.

Parameters

text

Type: gchar**

Location to store a UTF-8 encoded string of text holding context around the insertion point. If the function returns TRUE, then you must free the result stored in this location with g_free().

The argument will be set by the function.
The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
cursor_index

Type: gint*

Location to store byte index of the insertion cursor within text.

The argument will be set by the function.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE if surrounding text was provided; in this case you must free the result stored in *text.