RE: GtkTextView - reacting to some key events?

[martyn 2 russell bt com]

> I have a GtkTextView that is used to type in chat messages. I would 
> like to "know" when the user presses enter or control+enter while 
> typing some text in that view...what's the best way to do this ? (I 
> don't want to use GtkEntry since i need it to handle more 
> than one line)
> 

You probably want something like this hooked up to the "key_release_event"
or the "key_press_event":

	gboolean on_textview_send_key_release_event(GtkWidget *widget,
GdkEventKey *event, gpointer user_data)
	{
	  GtkTextBuffer *buffer = NULL;
	  gint mod = 0;
	
	  if(event == NULL)
		return FALSE;
	
	  buffer = gtk_text_view_get_buffer(GTK_TEXT_VIEW(mytextview));
	
	  /* set modifier (i.e. alt, ctrl, etc... ) */
	  mod = (GDK_CONTROL_MASK);
	
	
	  if((event->state & mod) == mod && (event->keyval == GDK_Return)
	    {
		/* do something with CTRL+Return pressed */
	
		GtkTextIter iter_start;
		GtkTextIter iter_end; 
		
		gchar *buf = NULL;
	
		gtk_text_buffer_get_bounds(GTK_TEXT_BUFFER(buffer),
&iter_start, &iter_end);
		buf = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice(GTK_TEXT_BUFFER(buffer),
&iter_start, &iter_end, FALSE);
	
		/* do something with text */
	
		/* remove text entered after finished with it... */
		gtk_text_buffer_delete(GTK_TEXT_BUFFER(buffer), &iter_start,
&iter_end);
	
		if(buf != NULL) g_free(buf);
	    }
	  else if(event->keyval == GDK_Return)
	    {
		/* do something with JUST return pressed */
	    }
	
	  return FALSE;
	}
	
Regards,
Martyn