[PYGTK] Insert Backspace into text widget?

[Dennis Craven]

Hello,

Does anyone know how one could insert a backspace into a widget such as a
TextView/Buffer in Pygtk? Whenever I try something like insert(iter, '\b')
I get jibberish inserted into the buffer.

Thanks,
~djc

 

[Peter Hansen]

Does anyone know how one could insert a backspace into a widget such as a
TextView/Buffer in Pygtk? Whenever I try something like insert(iter, '\b')
I get jibberish inserted into the buffer.

What exactly do you expect to see when you insert a backspace
into the buffer? (Backspace is a control character, so it
is not normally "inserted into a buffer" unless you are
actually trying to display it in some way. Are you expecting
it to move the insertion point backwards one position, or what?)

-Peter

 

[Dennis Craven]

What exactly do you expect to see when you insert a backspace
into the buffer? (Backspace is a control character, so it
is not normally "inserted into a buffer" unless you are
actually trying to display it in some way. Are you expecting
it to move the insertion point backwards one position, or what?)

What you say makes sense. And yes, that is what I'm trying to do. I want
to move the insertion point backwards one position, deleting the character
that was at that position. Just like pressing the backspace key.

Maybe the insert(iter, text) function is not the answer I'm looking for...
Do you know of a way to accomplish this?

Thanks,
~djc

 

[Riccardo Attilio Galli]

What you say makes sense. And yes, that is what I'm trying to do. I want
to move the insertion point backwards one position, deleting the character
that was at that position. Just like pressing the backspace key.

Maybe the insert(iter, text) function is not the answer I'm looking for...
Do you know of a way to accomplish this?

Thanks,
~djc

I think you're looking for
delete(start, end)
where start and end should be iters.

Ciao,
Riccardo

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