Method
GtkEditableget_chars
Declaration [src]
char*
gtk_editable_get_chars (
  GtkEditable* editable,
  int start_pos,
  int end_pos
)
Description [src]
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.
Return value
| Returns: | char* | 
| A pointer to the contents of the widget as a
  string. This string is allocated by the  | |
| The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it. | |
| The string is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. |