Re: keeping track of specific characters in a GtkTextBuffer

[Adam Tertial <adamtertial yahoo co uk>]

Whoops, thanks Mikael. I'll report my question there!


--- Mikael Hallendal <micke imendio com> wrote:

> 20 feb 2007 kl. 22.09 skrev Adam Tertial:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Even though there are many skilled Gtk+ application
> developers on  
> this list there is a list where you might find more
> help with this  
> kind of questions called gtk-app-deve-list [1].
> 
> Best Regards,
>    Mikael Hallendal
> 
> [1]
>
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to be able keep track of the location of
> > specific characters in a GtkTextBuffer, and I was
> > wondering what the most efficient way of doing
> that
> > was. Is it possible to have pointers to characters
> in
> > the buffer? I had thought about inserting a
> > GtkTextMarker whenever the user types the
> character
> > I'm interested in, but the documentation says: "If
> the
> > text surrounding the mark is deleted, the mark
> remains
> > in the position the text once occupied", and I
> would
> > want the marks to be deleted along with the text.
> If
> > that's the right approach, I suppose when the user
> > deletes any text I could check all the marks to
> see if
> > they were in that text and then delete them
> myself,
> > but that seems a bit inefficient to me.
> >
> > All and any ideas are welcome! :)
> >
> >
> >
> > 		
> >
>
___________________________________________________________
> > What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get
> a free analysis  
> > of your email personality. Take the quiz at the
> Yahoo! Mail  
> > Championship.
> >
>
http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk
> > _______________________________________________
> > gnome-devtools mailing list
> > gnome-devtools gnome org
> >
>
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-devtools
> 
> 
> --
> Imendio AB, http://www.imendio.com
> 
> 
> 



		
___________________________________________________________ 
To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com