Text buffer iterator

Description

You may wish to begin by reading the [text widget conceptual overview](https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.24/TextWidget.html) which gives an overview of all the objects and data types related to the text widget and how they work together.

Synopsis

Declaration

unit class Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter;
also is Gnome::GObject::Boxed;

enum GtkTextSearchFlags

Flags affecting how a search is done.

If neither GTK_TEXT_SEARCH_VISIBLE_ONLY nor GTK_TEXT_SEARCH_TEXT_ONLY are enabled, the match must be exact; the special 0xFFFC character will match embedded pixbufs or child widgets.

• GTK_TEXT_SEARCH_VISIBLE_ONLY: Search only visible data. A search match may have invisible text interspersed.

• GTK_TEXT_SEARCH_TEXT_ONLY: Search only text. A match may have pixbufs or child widgets mixed inside the matched range.

• GTK_TEXT_SEARCH_CASE_INSENSITIVE: The text will be matched regardless of what case it is in.

Methods

new

Create a new plain object.

multi method new ( )

Create a new object using a native object from elsewhere.

multi method new ( Bool :$native-object! )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_buffer

Returns the Gnome::Gtk3::TextBuffer this iterator is associated with.

Returns: (transfer none): the buffer

method gtk_text_iter_get_buffer ( --> N-GObject  )

[gtk_] text_iter_copy

Creates a dynamically-allocated copy of an iterator. This function is not useful in applications, because iterators can be copied with a simple assignment (`Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter i = j;`). The function is used by language bindings.

Returns: a copy of the iter, free with gtk_text_iter_free()

method gtk_text_iter_copy ( --> N-GObject  )

[gtk_] text_iter_free

Free an iterator allocated on the heap. This function is intended for use in language bindings, and is not especially useful for applications, because iterators can simply be allocated on the stack.

method gtk_text_iter_free ( )

[gtk_] text_iter_assign

Assigns the value of other to iter. This function is not useful in applications, because iterators can be assigned with `Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter i = j;`. The function is used by language bindings.

Since: 3.2

method gtk_text_iter_assign ( N-GObject $other )

• N-GObject $other; another Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_offset

Returns the character offset of an iterator. Each character in a Gnome::Gtk3::TextBuffer has an offset, starting with 0 for the first character in the buffer. Use gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_offset() to convert an offset back into an iterator.

Returns: a character offset

method gtk_text_iter_get_offset ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_line

Returns the line number containing the iterator. Lines in a Gnome::Gtk3::TextBuffer are numbered beginning with 0 for the first line in the buffer.

Returns: a line number

method gtk_text_iter_get_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_line_offset

Returns the character offset of the iterator, counting from the start of a newline-terminated line. The first character on the line has offset 0.

Returns: offset from start of line

method gtk_text_iter_get_line_offset ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_line_index

Returns the byte index of the iterator, counting from the start of a newline-terminated line. Remember that Gnome::Gtk3::TextBuffer encodes text in UTF-8, and that characters can require a variable number of bytes to represent.

Returns: distance from start of line, in bytes

method gtk_text_iter_get_line_index ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_visible_line_offset

Returns the offset in characters from the start of the line to the given iter, not counting characters that are invisible due to tags with the “invisible” flag toggled on.

Returns: offset in visible characters from the start of the line

method gtk_text_iter_get_visible_line_offset ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_visible_line_index

Returns the number of bytes from the start of the line to the given iter, not counting bytes that are invisible due to tags with the “invisible” flag toggled on.

Returns: byte index of iter with respect to the start of the line

method gtk_text_iter_get_visible_line_index ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_char

The Unicode character at this iterator is returned. (Equivalent to operator* on a C++ iterator.) If the element at this iterator is a non-character element, such as an image embedded in the buffer, the Unicode “unknown” character 0xFFFC is returned. If invoked on the end iterator, zero is returned; zero is not a valid Unicode character. So you can write a loop which ends when gtk_text_iter_get_char() returns 0.

Returns: a Unicode character, or 0 if iter is not dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_get_char ( --> uint32 )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_slice

Returns the text in the given range. A “slice” is an array of characters encoded in UTF-8 format, including the Unicode “unknown” character 0xFFFC for iterable non-character elements in the buffer, such as images. Because images are encoded in the slice, byte and character offsets in the returned array will correspond to byte offsets in the text buffer. Note that 0xFFFC can occur in normal text as well, so it is not a reliable indicator that a pixbuf or widget is in the buffer.

Returns: (transfer full): slice of text from the buffer

method gtk_text_iter_get_slice ( N-GObject $end --> Str  )

• N-GObject $end; iterator at end of a range

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_text

Returns text in the given range. If the range contains non-text elements such as images, the character and byte offsets in the returned string will not correspond to character and byte offsets in the buffer. If you want offsets to correspond, see gtk_text_iter_get_slice().

Returns: (transfer full): array of characters from the buffer

method gtk_text_iter_get_text ( N-GObject $end --> Str  )

• N-GObject $end; iterator at end of a range

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_visible_slice

Like gtk_text_iter_get_slice(), but invisible text is not included. Invisible text is usually invisible because a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag with the “invisible” attribute turned on has been applied to it.

Returns: (transfer full): slice of text from the buffer

method gtk_text_iter_get_visible_slice ( N-GObject $end --> Str  )

• N-GObject $end; iterator at end of range

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_visible_text

Like gtk_text_iter_get_text(), but invisible text is not included. Invisible text is usually invisible because a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag with the “invisible” attribute turned on has been applied to it.

Returns: (transfer full): string containing visible text in the range

method gtk_text_iter_get_visible_text ( N-GObject $end --> Str  )

• N-GObject $end; iterator at end of range

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_pixbuf

If the element at iter is a pixbuf, the pixbuf is returned (with no new reference count added). Otherwise, Any is returned.

Returns: (transfer none): the pixbuf at iter

method gtk_text_iter_get_pixbuf ( --> N-GObject  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_marks

Returns a list of all Gnome::Gtk3::TextMark at this location. Because marks are not iterable (they don’t take up any "space" in the buffer, they are just marks in between iterable locations), multiple marks can exist in the same place. The returned list is not in any meaningful order.

Returns: (element-type Gnome::Gtk3::TextMark) (transfer container): list of Gnome::Gtk3::TextMark

method gtk_text_iter_get_marks ( --> N-GSList  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_child_anchor

If the location at iter contains a child anchor, the anchor is returned (with no new reference count added). Otherwise, Any is returned.

Returns: (transfer none): the anchor at iter

method gtk_text_iter_get_child_anchor ( --> GtkTextChildAnchor  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_toggled_tags

Returns a list of Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag that are toggled on or off at this point. (If toggled_on is 1, the list contains tags that are toggled on.) If a tag is toggled on at iter, then some non-empty range of characters following iter has that tag applied to it. If a tag is toggled off, then some non-empty range following iter does not have the tag applied to it.

Returns: (element-type Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag) (transfer container): tags toggled at this point

method gtk_text_iter_get_toggled_tags ( Int $toggled_on --> N-GSList  )

• Int $toggled_on; 1 to get toggled-on tags

[[gtk_] text_iter_] starts_tag

Returns 1 if tag is toggled on at exactly this point. If tag is Any, returns 1 if any tag is toggled on at this point.

Note that if gtk_text_iter_starts_tag() returns 1, it means that iter is at the beginning of the tagged range, and that the character at iter is inside the tagged range. In other words, unlike gtk_text_iter_ends_tag(), if gtk_text_iter_starts_tag() returns 1, gtk_text_iter_has_tag() will also return 1 for the same parameters.

Returns: whether iter is the start of a range tagged with tag Since: 3.20

method gtk_text_iter_starts_tag ( N-GObject $tag --> Int  )

• N-GObject $tag; (nullable): a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag, or Any

[[gtk_] text_iter_] ends_tag

Returns 1 if tag is toggled off at exactly this point. If tag is Any, returns 1 if any tag is toggled off at this point.

Note that if gtk_text_iter_ends_tag() returns 1, it means that iter is at the end of the tagged range, but that the character at iter is outside the tagged range. In other words, unlike gtk_text_iter_starts_tag(), if gtk_text_iter_ends_tag() returns 1, gtk_text_iter_has_tag() will return 0 for the same parameters.

Returns: whether iter is the end of a range tagged with tag

method gtk_text_iter_ends_tag ( N-GObject $tag --> Int  )

• N-GObject $tag; (allow-none): a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag, or Any

[[gtk_] text_iter_] toggles_tag

This is equivalent to (gtk_text_iter_starts_tag() || gtk_text_iter_ends_tag()), i.e. it tells you whether a range with tag applied to it begins or ends at iter.

Returns: whether tag is toggled on or off at iter

method gtk_text_iter_toggles_tag ( N-GObject $tag --> Int  )

• N-GObject $tag; (allow-none): a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag, or Any

[[gtk_] text_iter_] has_tag

Returns 1 if iter points to a character that is part of a range tagged with tag. See also gtk_text_iter_starts_tag() and gtk_text_iter_ends_tag().

Returns: whether iter is tagged with tag

method gtk_text_iter_has_tag ( N-GObject $tag --> Int  )

• N-GObject $tag; a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_tags

Returns a list of tags that apply to iter, in ascending order of priority (highest-priority tags are last). The Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag in the list don’t have a reference added, but you have to free the list itself.

Returns: (element-type Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag) (transfer container): list of Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag

method gtk_text_iter_get_tags ( --> N-GSList  )

[gtk_] text_iter_editable

Returns whether the character at iter is within an editable region of text. Non-editable text is “locked” and can’t be changed by the user via Gnome::Gtk3::TextView. This function is simply a convenience wrapper around gtk_text_iter_get_attributes(). If no tags applied to this text affect editability, default_setting will be returned.

You don’t want to use this function to decide whether text can be inserted at iter, because for insertion you don’t want to know whether the char at iter is inside an editable range, you want to know whether a new character inserted at iter would be inside an editable range. Use gtk_text_iter_can_insert() to handle this case.

Returns: whether iter is inside an editable range

method gtk_text_iter_editable ( Int $default_setting --> Int  )

• Int $default_setting; 1 if text is editable by default

[[gtk_] text_iter_] can_insert

Considering the default editability of the buffer, and tags that affect editability, determines whether text inserted at iter would be editable. If text inserted at iter would be editable then the user should be allowed to insert text at iter. gtk_text_buffer_insert_interactive() uses this function to decide whether insertions are allowed at a given position.

Returns: whether text inserted at iter would be editable

method gtk_text_iter_can_insert ( Int $default_editability --> Int  )

• Int $default_editability; 1 if text is editable by default

[[gtk_] text_iter_] starts_word

Determines whether iter begins a natural-language word. Word breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter is at the start of a word

method gtk_text_iter_starts_word ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] ends_word

Determines whether iter ends a natural-language word. Word breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter is at the end of a word

method gtk_text_iter_ends_word ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] inside_word

Determines whether the character pointed by iter is part of a natural-language word (as opposed to say inside some whitespace). Word breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).

Note that if gtk_text_iter_starts_word() returns 1, then this function returns 1 too, since iter points to the first character of the word.

Returns: 1 if iter is inside a word

method gtk_text_iter_inside_word ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] starts_sentence

Determines whether iter begins a sentence. Sentence boundaries are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter is at the start of a sentence.

method gtk_text_iter_starts_sentence ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] ends_sentence

Determines whether iter ends a sentence. Sentence boundaries are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter is at the end of a sentence.

method gtk_text_iter_ends_sentence ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] inside_sentence

Determines whether iter is inside a sentence (as opposed to in between two sentences, e.g. after a period and before the first letter of the next sentence). Sentence boundaries are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter is inside a sentence.

method gtk_text_iter_inside_sentence ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] starts_line

Returns 1 if iter begins a paragraph, i.e. if gtk_text_iter_get_line_offset() would return 0. However this function is potentially more efficient than gtk_text_iter_get_line_offset() because it doesn’t have to compute the offset, it just has to see whether it’s 0.

Returns: whether iter begins a line

method gtk_text_iter_starts_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] ends_line

Returns 1 if iter points to the start of the paragraph delimiter characters for a line (delimiters will be either a newline, a carriage return, a carriage return followed by a newline, or a Unicode paragraph separator character). Note that an iterator pointing to the \n of a \r\n pair will not be counted as the end of a line, the line ends before the \r. The end iterator is considered to be at the end of a line, even though there are no paragraph delimiter chars there.

Returns: whether iter is at the end of a line

method gtk_text_iter_ends_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] is_cursor_position

See gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position() or PangoLogAttr or pango_break() for details on what a cursor position is.

Returns: 1 if the cursor can be placed at iter

method gtk_text_iter_is_cursor_position ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_chars_in_line

Returns the number of characters in the line containing iter, including the paragraph delimiters.

Returns: number of characters in the line

method gtk_text_iter_get_chars_in_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_bytes_in_line

Returns the number of bytes in the line containing iter, including the paragraph delimiters.

Returns: number of bytes in the line

method gtk_text_iter_get_bytes_in_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_attributes

Computes the effect of any tags applied to this spot in the text. The values parameter should be initialized to the default settings you wish to use if no tags are in effect. You’d typically obtain the defaults from gtk_text_view_get_default_attributes().

gtk_text_iter_get_attributes() will modify values, applying the effects of any tags present at iter. If any tags affected values, the function returns 1.

Returns: 1 if values was modified

method gtk_text_iter_get_attributes ( N-GObject $values --> Int  )

• N-GObject $values; (out): a Gnome::Gtk3::TextAttributes to be filled in

[[gtk_] text_iter_] get_language

A convenience wrapper around gtk_text_iter_get_attributes(), which returns the language in effect at iter. If no tags affecting language apply to iter, the return value is identical to that of gtk_get_default_language().

Returns: (transfer full): language in effect at iter

method gtk_text_iter_get_language ( --> PangoLanguage  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] is_end

Returns 1 if iter is the end iterator, i.e. one past the last dereferenceable iterator in the buffer. gtk_text_iter_is_end() is the most efficient way to check whether an iterator is the end iterator.

Returns: whether iter is the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_is_end ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] is_start

Returns 1 if iter is the first iterator in the buffer, that is if iter has a character offset of 0.

Returns: whether iter is the first in the buffer

method gtk_text_iter_is_start ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_char

Moves iter forward by one character offset. Note that images embedded in the buffer occupy 1 character slot, so gtk_text_iter_forward_char() may actually move onto an image instead of a character, if you have images in your buffer. If iter is the end iterator or one character before it, iter will now point at the end iterator, and gtk_text_iter_forward_char() returns 0 for convenience when writing loops.

Returns: whether iter moved and is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_forward_char ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_char

Moves backward by one character offset. Returns 1 if movement was possible; if iter was the first in the buffer (character offset 0), gtk_text_iter_backward_char() returns 0 for convenience when writing loops.

Returns: whether movement was possible

method gtk_text_iter_backward_char ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_chars

Moves count characters if possible (if count would move past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of the buffer). The return value indicates whether the new position of iter is different from its original position, and dereferenceable (the last iterator in the buffer is not dereferenceable). If count is 0, the function does nothing and returns 0.

Returns: whether iter moved and is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_forward_chars ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of characters to move, may be negative

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_chars

Moves count characters backward, if possible (if count would move past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or moved onto the end iterator, then 0 is returned. If count is 0, the function does nothing and returns 0.

Returns: whether iter moved and is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_backward_chars ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of characters to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_line

Moves iter to the start of the next line. If the iter is already on the last line of the buffer, moves the iter to the end of the current line. If after the operation, the iter is at the end of the buffer and not dereferencable, returns 0. Otherwise, returns 1.

Returns: whether iter can be dereferenced

method gtk_text_iter_forward_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_line

Moves iter to the start of the previous line. Returns 1 if iter could be moved; i.e. if iter was at character offset 0, this function returns 0. Therefore if iter was already on line 0, but not at the start of the line, iter is snapped to the start of the line and the function returns 1. (Note that this implies that in a loop calling this function, the line number may not change on every iteration, if your first iteration is on line 0.)

Returns: whether iter moved

method gtk_text_iter_backward_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_lines

Moves count lines forward, if possible (if count would move past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or moved onto the end iterator, then 0 is returned. If count is 0, the function does nothing and returns 0. If count is negative, moves backward by 0 - count lines.

Returns: whether iter moved and is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_forward_lines ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of lines to move forward

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_lines

Moves count lines backward, if possible (if count would move past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or moved onto the end iterator, then 0 is returned. If count is 0, the function does nothing and returns 0. If count is negative, moves forward by 0 - count lines.

Returns: whether iter moved and is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_backward_lines ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of lines to move backward

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_word_end

Moves forward to the next word end. (If iter is currently on a word end, moves forward to the next one after that.) Word breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_forward_word_end ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_word_start

Moves backward to the previous word start. (If iter is currently on a word start, moves backward to the next one after that.) Word breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_backward_word_start ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_word_ends

Calls gtk_text_iter_forward_word_end() up to count times.

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_forward_word_ends ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of times to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_word_starts

Calls gtk_text_iter_backward_word_start() up to count times.

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_backward_word_starts ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of times to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_visible_line

Moves iter to the start of the next visible line. Returns 1 if there was a next line to move to, and 0 if iter was simply moved to the end of the buffer and is now not dereferenceable, or if iter was already at the end of the buffer.

Returns: whether iter can be dereferenced

Since: 2.8

method gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_visible_line

Moves iter to the start of the previous visible line. Returns 1 if iter could be moved; i.e. if iter was at character offset 0, this function returns 0. Therefore if iter was already on line 0, but not at the start of the line, iter is snapped to the start of the line and the function returns 1. (Note that this implies that in a loop calling this function, the line number may not change on every iteration, if your first iteration is on line 0.)

Returns: whether iter moved

Since: 2.8

method gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_line ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_visible_lines

Moves count visible lines forward, if possible (if count would move past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or moved onto the end iterator, then 0 is returned. If count is 0, the function does nothing and returns 0. If count is negative, moves backward by 0 - count lines.

Returns: whether iter moved and is dereferenceable

Since: 2.8

method gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_lines ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of lines to move forward

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_visible_lines

Moves count visible lines backward, if possible (if count would move past the start or end of the buffer, moves to the start or end of the buffer). The return value indicates whether the iterator moved onto a dereferenceable position; if the iterator didn’t move, or moved onto the end iterator, then 0 is returned. If count is 0, the function does nothing and returns 0. If count is negative, moves forward by 0 - count lines.

Returns: whether iter moved and is dereferenceable

Since: 2.8

method gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_lines ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of lines to move backward

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_visible_word_end

Moves forward to the next visible word end. (If iter is currently on a word end, moves forward to the next one after that.) Word breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_end ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_visible_word_start

Moves backward to the previous visible word start. (If iter is currently on a word start, moves backward to the next one after that.) Word breaks are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango word break algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_start ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_visible_word_ends

Calls gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_end() up to count times.

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_ends ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of times to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_visible_word_starts

Calls gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_start() up to count times.

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_starts ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of times to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_sentence_end

Moves forward to the next sentence end. (If iter is at the end of a sentence, moves to the next end of sentence.) Sentence boundaries are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_forward_sentence_end ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_sentence_start

Moves backward to the previous sentence start; if iter is already at the start of a sentence, moves backward to the next one. Sentence boundaries are determined by Pango and should be correct for nearly any language (if not, the correct fix would be to the Pango text boundary algorithms).

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_backward_sentence_start ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_sentence_ends

Calls gtk_text_iter_forward_sentence_end() count times (or until gtk_text_iter_forward_sentence_end() returns 0). If count is negative, moves backward instead of forward.

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_forward_sentence_ends ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of sentences to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_sentence_starts

Calls gtk_text_iter_backward_sentence_start() up to count times, or until it returns 0. If count is negative, moves forward instead of backward.

Returns: 1 if iter moved and is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_backward_sentence_starts ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of sentences to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_cursor_position

Moves iter forward by a single cursor position. Cursor positions are (unsurprisingly) positions where the cursor can appear. Perhaps surprisingly, there may not be a cursor position between all characters. The most common example for European languages would be a carriage return/newline sequence. For some Unicode characters, the equivalent of say the letter “a” with an accent mark will be represented as two characters, first the letter then a "combining mark" that causes the accent to be rendered; so the cursor can’t go between those two characters. See also the PangoLogAttr-struct and pango_break() function.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_cursor_position

Like gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position(), but moves backward.

Returns: 1 if we moved

method gtk_text_iter_backward_cursor_position ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_cursor_positions

Moves up to count cursor positions. See gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_positions ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of positions to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_cursor_positions

Moves up to count cursor positions. See gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable

method gtk_text_iter_backward_cursor_positions ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of positions to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_visible_cursor_position

Moves iter forward to the next visible cursor position. See gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_cursor_position ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_visible_cursor_position

Moves iter forward to the previous visible cursor position. See gtk_text_iter_backward_cursor_position() for details.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_cursor_position ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_visible_cursor_positions

Moves up to count visible cursor positions. See gtk_text_iter_forward_cursor_position() for details.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_cursor_positions ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of positions to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_visible_cursor_positions

Moves up to count visible cursor positions. See gtk_text_iter_backward_cursor_position() for details.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new position is dereferenceable

Since: 2.4

method gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_cursor_positions ( Int $count --> Int  )

• Int $count; number of positions to move

[[gtk_] text_iter_] set_offset

Sets iter to point to char_offset. char_offset counts from the start of the entire text buffer, starting with 0.

method gtk_text_iter_set_offset ( Int $char_offset )

• Int $char_offset; a character number

[[gtk_] text_iter_] set_line

Moves iterator iter to the start of the line line_number. If line_number is negative or larger than the number of lines in the buffer, moves iter to the start of the last line in the buffer.

method gtk_text_iter_set_line ( Int $line_number )

• Int $line_number; line number (counted from 0)

[[gtk_] text_iter_] set_line_offset

Moves iter within a line, to a new character (not byte) offset. The given character offset must be less than or equal to the number of characters in the line; if equal, iter moves to the start of the next line. See gtk_text_iter_set_line_index() if you have a byte index rather than a character offset.

method gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset ( Int $char_on_line )

• Int $char_on_line; a character offset relative to the start of iter’s current line

[[gtk_] text_iter_] set_line_index

Same as gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset(), but works with a byte index. The given byte index must be at the start of a character, it can’t be in the middle of a UTF-8 encoded character.

method gtk_text_iter_set_line_index ( Int $byte_on_line )

• Int $byte_on_line; a byte index relative to the start of iter’s current line

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_to_end

Moves iter forward to the “end iterator,” which points one past the last valid character in the buffer. gtk_text_iter_get_char() called on the end iterator returns 0, which is convenient for writing loops.

method gtk_text_iter_forward_to_end ( )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_to_line_end

Moves the iterator to point to the paragraph delimiter characters, which will be either a newline, a carriage return, a carriage return/newline in sequence, or the Unicode paragraph separator character. If the iterator is already at the paragraph delimiter characters, moves to the paragraph delimiter characters for the next line. If iter is on the last line in the buffer, which does not end in paragraph delimiters, moves to the end iterator (end of the last line), and returns 0.

Returns: 1 if we moved and the new location is not the end iterator

method gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end ( --> Int  )

[[gtk_] text_iter_] set_visible_line_offset

Like gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset(), but the offset is in visible characters, i.e. text with a tag making it invisible is not counted in the offset.

method gtk_text_iter_set_visible_line_offset ( Int $char_on_line )

• Int $char_on_line; a character offset

[[gtk_] text_iter_] set_visible_line_index

Like gtk_text_iter_set_line_index(), but the index is in visible bytes, i.e. text with a tag making it invisible is not counted in the index.

method gtk_text_iter_set_visible_line_index ( Int $byte_on_line )

• Int $byte_on_line; a byte index

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_to_tag_toggle

Moves forward to the next toggle (on or off) of the Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag tag, or to the next toggle of any tag if tag is Any. If no matching tag toggles are found, returns 0, otherwise 1. Does not return toggles located at iter, only toggles after iter. Sets iter to the location of the toggle, or to the end of the buffer if no toggle is found.

Returns: whether we found a tag toggle after iter

method gtk_text_iter_forward_to_tag_toggle ( N-GObject $tag --> Int  )

• N-GObject $tag; (allow-none): a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag, or Any

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_to_tag_toggle

Moves backward to the next toggle (on or off) of the Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag tag, or to the next toggle of any tag if tag is Any. If no matching tag toggles are found, returns 0, otherwise 1. Does not return toggles located at iter, only toggles before iter. Sets iter to the location of the toggle, or the start of the buffer if no toggle is found.

Returns: whether we found a tag toggle before iter

method gtk_text_iter_backward_to_tag_toggle ( N-GObject $tag --> Int  )

• N-GObject $tag; (allow-none): a Gnome::Gtk3::TextTag, or Any

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_find_char

Advances iter, calling pred on each character. If pred returns 1, returns 1 and stops scanning. If pred never returns 1, iter is set to limit if limit is non-Any, otherwise to the end iterator.

Returns: whether a match was found

method gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char ( GtkTextCharPredicate $pred, Pointer $user_data, N-GObject $limit --> Int  )

• GtkTextCharPredicate $pred; (scope call): a function to be called on each character

• Pointer $user_data; user data for pred

• N-GObject $limit; (allow-none): search limit, or Any for none

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_find_char

Same as gtk_text_iter_forward_find_char(), but goes backward from iter.

Returns: whether a match was found

method gtk_text_iter_backward_find_char ( GtkTextCharPredicate $pred, Pointer $user_data, N-GObject $limit --> Int  )

• GtkTextCharPredicate $pred; (scope call): function to be called on each character

• Pointer $user_data; user data for pred

• N-GObject $limit; (allow-none): search limit, or Any for none

[[gtk_] text_iter_] forward_search

Searches forward for str. Any match is returned by setting match_start to the first character of the match and match_end to the first character after the match. The search will not continue past limit. Note that a search is a linear or O(n) operation, so you may wish to use limit to avoid locking up your UI on large buffers.

match_start will never be set to a Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter located before iter, even if there is a possible match_end after or at iter.

Returns: whether a match was found

method gtk_text_iter_forward_search ( Str $str, GtkTextSearchFlags $flags, N-GObject $match_start, N-GObject $match_end, N-GObject $limit --> Int  )

• Str $str; a search string

• GtkTextSearchFlags $flags; flags affecting how the search is done

• N-GObject $match_start; (out caller-allocates) (allow-none): return location for start of match, or Any

• N-GObject $match_end; (out caller-allocates) (allow-none): return location for end of match, or Any

• N-GObject $limit; (allow-none): location of last possible match_end, or Any for the end of the buffer

[[gtk_] text_iter_] backward_search

Same as gtk_text_iter_forward_search(), but moves backward.

match_end will never be set to a Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter located after iter, even if there is a possible match_start before or at iter.

Returns: whether a match was found

method gtk_text_iter_backward_search ( Str $str, GtkTextSearchFlags $flags, N-GObject $match_start, N-GObject $match_end, N-GObject $limit --> Int  )

• Str $str; search string

• GtkTextSearchFlags $flags; bitmask of flags affecting the search

• N-GObject $match_start; (out caller-allocates) (allow-none): return location for start of match, or Any

• N-GObject $match_end; (out caller-allocates) (allow-none): return location for end of match, or Any

• N-GObject $limit; (allow-none): location of last possible match_start, or Any for start of buffer

[gtk_] text_iter_equal

Tests whether two iterators are equal, using the fastest possible mechanism. This function is very fast; you can expect it to perform better than e.g. getting the character offset for each iterator and comparing the offsets yourself. Also, it’s a bit faster than gtk_text_iter_compare().

Returns: 1 if the iterators point to the same place in the buffer

method gtk_text_iter_equal ( N-GTextIter $rhs --> Int  )

• N-GTextIter $rhs; another Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter

[gtk_] text_iter_compare

A qsort()-style function that returns negative if lhs is less than rhs, positive if lhs is greater than rhs, and 0 if they’re equal. Ordering is in character offset order, i.e. the first character in the buffer is less than the second character in the buffer.

Returns: -1 if lhs is less than rhs, 1 if lhs is greater, 0 if they are equal

method gtk_text_iter_compare ( N-GTextIter $rhs --> Int  )

• N-GTextIter $rhs; another Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter

[[gtk_] text_iter_] in_range

Checks whether iter falls in the range [start, end). start and end must be in ascending order.

Returns: 1 if iter is in the range

method gtk_text_iter_in_range ( N-GTextIter $start, N-GTextIter $end --> Int  )

• N-GTextIter $start; start of range

• N-GTextIter $end; end of range

[gtk_] text_iter_order

Swaps the value of first and second if second comes before first in the buffer. That is, ensures that first and second are in sequence. Most text buffer functions that take a range call this automatically on your behalf, so there’s no real reason to call it yourself in those cases. There are some exceptions, such as gtk_text_iter_in_range(), that expect a pre-sorted range.

method gtk_text_iter_order ( N-GTextIter $second )

• N-GTextIter $second; another Gnome::Gtk3::TextIter