TextBuffer.backspace

Performs the appropriate action as if the user hit the delete key with the cursor at the position specified by @iter.

In the normal case a single character will be deleted, but when combining accents are involved, more than one character can be deleted, and when precomposed character and accent combinations are involved, less than one character will be deleted.

Because the buffer is modified, all outstanding iterators become invalid after calling this function; however, the @iter will be re-initialized to point to the location where text was deleted.

class TextBuffer
bool
backspace

Parameters

iter TextIter

a position in @buffer

interactive bool

whether the deletion is caused by user interaction

defaultEditable bool

whether the buffer is editable by default

Return Value

Type: bool

%TRUE if the buffer was modified

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