TextBuffer.getSlice

Returns the text in the range [start,end). Excludes undisplayed text (text marked with tags that set the invisibility attribute) if include_hidden_chars is FALSE. The returned string includes a 0xFFFC character whenever the buffer contains embedded images, so byte and character indexes into the returned string do correspond to byte and character indexes into the buffer. Contrast with gtk_text_buffer_get_text(). Note that 0xFFFC can occur in normal text as well, so it is not a reliable indicator that a pixbuf or widget is in the buffer.

class TextBuffer
string
getSlice

Parameters

start TextIter

start of a range

end TextIter

end of a range

includeHiddenChars int

whether to include invisible text

Return Value

Type: string

an allocated UTF-8 string

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