Function

VteRegexnew_for_search

Declaration [src]

VteRegex*
vte_regex_new_for_search (
  const char* pattern,
  gssize pattern_length,
  guint32 flags,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Compiles pattern into a regex for use as a search regex with vte_terminal_search_set_regex().

See man:pcre2pattern(3) for information about the supported regex language.

The regex will be compiled using PCRE2_UTF and possibly other flags, in addition to the flags supplied in flags.

Parameters

pattern const char*
 

A regex pattern string.

 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
 The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
pattern_length gssize
 

The length of pattern in bytes, or -1 if the string is NUL-terminated and the length is unknown.

flags guint32
 

PCRE2 compile flags.

error GError **
  The return location for a GError*, or NULL.

Return value

Returns: VteRegex
 

A newly created VteRegex, or NULL with error filled in.

 The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.