getChars

open fun getChars(startPos: <Error class: unknown class>, endPos: <Error class: unknown class>): String

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

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.

Parameters

startPos

start of text

endPos

end of text