Virtual Method

Gtk.IMContext.set_surrounding

Declaration [src]

void
set_surrounding (
  GtkIMContext* context,
  const char* text,
  int len,
  int cursor_index
)

Description [src]

Sets surrounding context around the insertion point and preedit string.

This function is expected to be called in response to the GtkIMContext::retrieve-surrounding signal, and will likely have no effect if called at other times.

Deprecated since:4.2

Use gtk_im_context_set_surrounding_with_selection() instead

Parameters

text const char*
 

text surrounding the insertion point, as UTF-8. the preedit string should not be included within text.

 Ownership is not transferred to the callee
 The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string
len int
 

the length of text, or -1 if text is nul-terminated

cursor_index int
 

the byte index of the insertion cursor within text.