get_text_range

Description:

public string? get_text_range (long start_row, long start_col, long end_row, long end_col, SelectionFunc? is_selected, out Array<CharAttributes?>? attributes)

Extracts a view of the visible part of the terminal.

The entire scrollback buffer is scanned, so it is possible to read the entire contents of the buffer using this function.

This method is unaware of BiDi. The columns passed in start_col and end_row, and returned in attributes are logical columns.

Since 0.68, passing a non-%NULL array parameter is deprecated. Since 0.72, passing a non-%NULL array parameter will make this function itself return null. Since 0.72, passing a non-%NULL is_selected function will make this function itself return null.

Parameters:

this	a Terminal
start_row	first row to search for data
start_col	first column to search for data
end_row	last row to search for data
end_col	last column to search for data
is_selected	a SelectionFunc callback. Deprecated: 0.44: Always pass `null` here
attributes	location for storing text attributes. Deprecated: 0.68: Always pass `null` here.
user_data	user data to be passed to the callback

Returns:

a newly allocated text string, or null.