Re: insert position on Gtk::Editable

["Eric Hil" <anhkra hotmail com>]

Well,
I guess I just didn't look hard enough......
To save someone else that experiences the same problem a lil time, I found 
the answer at:
http://projects.prosa.it/gtkperl/reference.html
* Main Gtk module documentation
in that PDF I found "current_pos()" which returned the current position of 
the cursor. It seems to have worked well with set_point().

Thanks,
Eric





> From: "Eric Hil" <anhkra hotmail com>
> To: gtk-perl-list gnome org
> Subject: insert position on Gtk::Editable
> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 00:58:42 -0500
>
> Hello,
>
>   Recently i have discovered how much fun Gtk/Perl is, And now can't get 
> enough of it.
>
> Anyways, My question is.......
> I read through many tutorials and search this mail archive and the web. 
> However I have only found one reference to the issue that I'm experiencing. 
> It was posted in 1998 and have no responding messages :(
>
>  " Hi,
>
> for an insert function in a text widget I need to insert text at the
> cursor.
>
> If I just use gtk_text_insert the text is inserted after the last
> characyter wich is typed, so not the place of the cursor if you used
> the cursor keys to move it away there!
>
> gtk_text_get_point() also returns this point, and not the point of the
> actual cursor position. How do I get the actual cursor position?".
>
> I am experiencing the same issue where $widget->get_point() and  
> $text->get_length() are initially returning the same value. Unless I set 
> the cursor at my desired insert point and perform some keystroke such as 
> space or arrow key.
>
> Is there any documentation or reference somewhere that might explain a 
> solution to this? where one could focus the cursor to the desired position 
> and the widget function could return that as the insert point?
>
> Thanks,
>    Eric
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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