clearing the entry selected color

[zentara <zentara1 sbcglobal net>]

Hi,
The recent question about validating an 
entry text to a pattern, got me hung up
on this. When you enter text from the
program, the entry text is highlighted
like a selection. I can't seem to find a way
to clear it. I tried all sorts of combinations,
set_text, prepend_text, etc. They all highlight
the inserted text.

Also, is it possible to set the cursor position to 1?
Instead of where the mouse is clicked?
Thanks,
zentara

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use Gtk2 -init;

my $window = new Gtk2::Window;
$window->signal_connect (delete_event => sub { Gtk2->main_quit }); 

my $entry = Gtk2::Entry->new();
$entry->set_text('[   ].[   ].[   ].[   ]');

$entry->set_state('normal');
#$entry->set_state('insensitive');
#Gtk2->main_iteration while Gtk2->events_pending;

$entry->set_position(1);

$window->add($entry);

$window->set_focus_child($entry);  

print $entry->get_text,"\n";

$window->show_all;
Gtk2->main;


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