Method

VteTerminalget_text_selected

since: 0.70

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. Since 0.72, this function also supports VTE_FORMAT_HTML format.

Available since: 0.70

Parameters

format

Type: VteFormat

The VteFormat to use.

Return value

Type: 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 returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The return value can be NULL.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.