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[gtk-list] Re: ANNOUNCE: GtkConsole 0.0.1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nuke@bayside.net)
Tue Dec 1 15:01:13 1998
From: nuke@bayside.net
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:45:59 -0500 (EST)
To: GTK+ list <gtk-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981201091426.A1538@stat.auckland.ac.nz>
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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Lyndon Drake wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm working on a GTK+ frontend for R, which is an interpreted stats
> language. Since I couldn't find anything suitable to act as a
> console for R, I have written GtkConsole.
>
> This is my first real GTK+ programming experience, so I would very
> much appreciate any comments and suggestions.
>
> GtkConsole is derived from GtkText, and is designed to act as a
> front end for a program that needs to write output and read user
> input. GtkConsole has functions for writing text from a buffer to
> the console, enabling input from the console, and reading the
> input. It can also emit signals when characters or lines are
> available for reading (sort of like a select).
>
> Thanks to all the people on gtk-list and gtk-app-devel-list for
> their help with various questions.
>
> Lyndon
>
> PS: How can I find the start and end of the selected text in a
> GtkText widget? I need to prevent deletions of text outside the
> input area in GtkConsole.
GTK_TEXT (widget).editable.selection_start_pos
and
GTK_TEXT (widget).editable.selection_end_pos
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