get_chars
Description:
Retrieves a sequence of characters.
The characters that are retrieved are those characters at positions from start_pos
up to, but not including end_pos
.
If end_pos
is negative, then the characters retrieved are those characters from start_pos
to the end of the text.
Note that positions are specified in characters, not bytes.
Parameters:
this |
a `GtkEditable` |
start_pos |
start of text |
end_pos |
end of text |
Returns:
a pointer to the contents of the widget as a string. This string is allocated by the `GtkEditable` implementation and should be freed by the caller. |