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