Re: TextBuffer tags

[Phil Wolff <adiabat centurylink net>]

Thanks, Kjell, that's exactly what I need. However, I don't find 
anything that says how to dispose of the returned pointer. Do I delete 
[] it, or does it require a g<something> ()?

On 2016/05/29 07:01, Kjell Ahlstedt wrote:
> Gtk::TextBuffer::serialize() and deserialize() are useful. They don't 
> save anything, but they convert to and from a byte string that you can 
> store in a file. Those methods were added to gtkmm in version 3.15.9. 
> The corresponding gtk+ methods have existed much longer.
>
> If you wonder why serialize() does not return a Glib::ustring or 
> std::string, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694250#c2
>
> Kjell
>
> On 2016-05-26 20:02, Phil Wolff wrote:
> > Is there a build-in way to save a TextBuffer (text content, tag 
> > definitions, where tags have been applied, marks, etc.), or do I have 
> > to roll my own?