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 XmTextPosToXY(Xm)              6 January 1993              XmTextPosToXY(Xm)


 Name

    XmTextPosToXY - a Text function that accesses the x and y position of a
    character position

 Syntax


    #include <Xm/Text.h>

    Boolean XmTextPosToXY (widget, position, x, y)
    Widget widget;
    XmTextPosition position;
    Position *x;
    Position *y;


 Description

    XmTextPosToXY accesses the x and y position, relative to the upper left
    corner of the Text widget, of a given character position in the text
    buffer.

    widget  Specifies the Text widget ID.

    position
            Specifies the character position in the text for which the x and
            y position is accessed. This is an integer number of characters
            from the beginning of the buffer. The first character position is
            0.

    x       Specifies the pointer in which the x position, relative to the
            upper left corner of the widget, is returned. This value is mean-
            ingful only if the function returns True.

    y       Specifies the pointer in which the y position, relative to the
            upper left corner of the widget, is returned. This value is mean-
            ingful only if the function returns True.

    For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see
    XmText(Xm).

 Return value

    This function returns True if the character position is displayed in the
    Text widget; otherwise, it returns False, and no x or y value is
    returned.

 See also

    XmText(Xm)