Method
GtkEditableget_chars
Declaration [src]
char*
gtk_editable_get_chars (
GtkEditable* editable,
int start_pos,
int end_pos
)
Description [src]
Retrieves a sequence of characters.
The characters that are retrieved are those characters at positions
from start_pos up to, but not including end_pos. If end_pos is negative,
then the characters retrieved are those characters from start_pos to
the end of the text.
Note that positions are specified in characters, not bytes.
Return value
Type: char*
A pointer to the contents of the widget as a
string. This string is allocated by the GtkEditable implementation
and should be freed by the caller.
| 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. |