TmText(3Tm)

NAME
     TmText - the Text widget class

SYNOPSIS
     xmText  pathName [options]


DESCRIPTION
     This is the tcl binding to the Motif Text widget.


CLASSES
     The class name for resource files is XmText. Resources are inherited from
     TmPrimitive, TmCore. Methods are inherited from TmCore.


RESOURCES
     The new resources are

          autoShowCursorPosition
          cursorPosition
          editable
          editMode br marginHeight
          marginWidth
          maxLength
          source
          topCharacter
          value
          valueWCS
          verifyBell

     editable
          The values for this resource are
               true
               false
     editMode The values for this resource are
               single_line_edit
               multi_line_edit


METHODS
     New methods for this class are
          activateCallback
          focusCallback
          gainPrimaryCallback
          losePrimaryCallback
          losingFocusCallback
          modifyVerifyCallback
          motionVerifyCallback
          valueChangedCallback
          clearSelection
          copy
          cut
          disableRedisplay
          enableRedisplay
          findString
          getEditable
          getInsertionPosition
          getSelection
          getSelectionPosition
          getString
          getSubstring
          getTopCharacter
          insert
          paste
          replace
          remove
          scroll
          setAddMode
          setEditable
          setHighlight
          setInsertionPosition
          setSelection
          setSource
          setString
          setTopCharacter
          showPosition


     clearSelection
          clears the primary selection


     copy copies the primary selection to the clipboard


     cut  copies the primary selection to the clipboard and deletes the
          selected text.


     findString  start string direction position
          searches for the string in the specified direction starting from the
          given start. The possible values of direction are  forward or
          backward.  The method returns  true  or  false  if the string is
          found or not found. If it is found, the location of the first
          character of the string (counting from 0) is returned in the tcl
          variable position.


     getEditable
          returns  true or  false indicating whether or not the widget can be
          edited.

     getInsertionPosition
          returns the location of the insertion cursor.


     getLastPosition
          returns the last position in the text.


     getSelection
          returns the value of the primary selection.


     getSelectionPosition  left right
          returns  true f the widget owns the primary selection, else returns
          false.  The left and right positions of the primary selection are
          returned in the tcl variables
           left  and  right.


     getString
          returns the value in the widget.


     getSubstring  start num_chars buffer
          stores the substring in the tcl variable buffer. The method returns
          succeded,  failed or  truncated.


     getTopCharacter
          returns the position of the first character displayed.


     insert  position text
          inserts the  text into the widget at  position.


     paste
          insert the clipboard selection.


     replace  from to value
          replaces the text with the new  value.


     scroll  lines
          scroll the text widget. A negative number of lines scrolls downward.


     setAddMode  boolean
          sets the add mode of the text widget.

     setEditable  boolean
          set the editable state of the widget.


     setHighlight   left right mode
          set the highlight mode for the text between the positions to one of
          the  highlight values of normal selected secondary_selected.


     setInsertionPosition  position
          set the location of the insertion cursor.


     setSelection  first last
          set the primary selection of the text to between the positions.


     setSource  widget top position
          sets the source of the current text widget to be the same as
           widget and specifies where the top display and where the insertion
          cursor are.


     setString  value
          sets the text value.


     setTopCharacter  top
          sets the top position of the text display.


     showPosition  position
          force the text at the  position to be displayed.


CALLBACK SUBSTITUTIONS
     The substitutions supported for this class are
          %reason  - the additional values are
               activate
               focus
               gain_primary
               lose_primary
               modifying_text_value
               moving_insert_cursor
               value_changed
          %doit - the tcl variable to set to true or false to allow changes
          %currInsert - current position of the insertion cursor
          %newInsert - position to which cursor move is attempted
          %startPos - itcl variable with starting position of text to modify
          %endPos - tcl variable with end position of text to modify
          %ptr - tcl variable with text to be inserted
          %length - tcl variable with length of text to be inserted
AUTHOR
     Jan Newmarch, University of Canberra