XmTextGetSelectionPosition()



     XmTextGetSelectionPositionUNIX SystXmTextGetSelectionPosition(3X)



     NAME
          XmTextGetSelectionPosition - A Text function that accesses
          the position of the primary selection

     SYNOPSIS
          #include <Xm/Text.h>

          Boolean XmTextGetSelectionPosition (widget, left, right)
               Widget    widget;
               XmTextPosition*left;
               XmTextPosition*right;


     VERSION
          This page documents version 1.2 of the Motif library.

     DESCRIPTION
          XmTextGetSelectionPosition accesses the left and right
          position of the primary selection in the text buffer of the
          Text widget.

          widget Specifies the Text widget ID

          left   Specifies the pointer in which the position of the
                 left boundary of the primary selection is returned.
                 This is an integer number of characters from the
                 beginning of the buffer.  The first character
                 position is 0.

          right  Specifies the pointer in which the position of the
                 right boundary of the primary selection is returned.
                 This is an integer number of characters from the
                 beginning of the buffer.  The first character
                 position is 0.


          For a complete definition of Text and its associated
          resources, see XmText(3X).

     RETURN VALUE
          This function returns True if the widget owns the primary
          selection; otherwise, it returns False.

     RELATED INFORMATION
          XmText(3X).










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