Method

VteTerminalget_text_selected

Declaration [src]

char*
vte_terminal_get_text_selected (
  VteTerminal* terminal,
  VteFormat format
)

Description [src]

Gets the currently selected text in the format specified by format. Note that currently, only VTE_FORMAT_TEXT is supported.

Available since:0.70

Parameters

format VteFormat
 

The VteFormat to use.

Return value

Returns: char*
 

A newly allocated string containing the selected text, or NULL if there is no selection or the format is not supported.

 The caller of the method takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
 The return value can be NULL.
 The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.