Method

Gtk.IMContext.get_surrounding

Declaration [src]

gboolean
gtk_im_context_get_surrounding (
  GtkIMContext* context,
  char** text,
  int* cursor_index
)

Description [src]

Retrieves context around the insertion point.

Input methods typically want context in order to constrain input text based on existing text; this is important for languages such as Thai where only some sequences of characters are allowed.

This function is implemented by emitting the GtkIMContext::retrieve-surrounding signal on the input method; in response to this signal, a widget should provide as much context as is available, up to an entire paragraph, by calling gtk_im_context_set_surrounding().

Note that there is no obligation for a widget to respond to the ::retrieve-surrounding signal, so input methods must be prepared to function without context.

Deprecated since:4.2

Use gtk_im_context_get_surrounding_with_selection() instead.

Parameters

text char**
 

location to store a UTF-8 encoded string of text holding context around the insertion point. If the function returns TRUE, then you must free the result stored in this location with g_free().

 Direction: out
 Ownership of the data is transferred to the callee
 The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string
cursor_index int*
 

location to store byte index of the insertion cursor within text.

 Direction: out
 Ownership of the data is transferred to the callee

Return value

Returns: gboolean

TRUE if surrounding text was provided; in this case you must free the result stored in text.