XmTextFindString(3X) OSF/Motif XmTextFindString(3X)NAMEXmTextFindString - A Text function that finds the beginning position of
a text string
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
Boolean XmTextFindString (widget, start, string, direction, posi‐
tion) Widget widget; XmTextPositionstart;
char *string; XmTextDirectiondirection; XmTextPo‐
sition*position;
DESCRIPTIONXmTextFindString locates the beginning position of a specified text
string. This routine searches forward or backward for the first occur‐
rence of the string starting from the given start position. If it
finds a match, the function returns the position of the first character
of the string in position. Specifies the Text widget ID. Specifies
the character position from which the search proceeds. This is an
integer number of characters from the beginning of the text buffer.
The first character position is 0. Specifies the search string. Indi‐
cates the search direction. It is relative to the primary direction of
the text. The possible values are The search proceeds toward the end
of the text buffer. The search proceeds toward the beginning of the
text buffer. Specifies the pointer in which the first character posi‐
tion of the string match is returned. This is an integer number of
characters from the beginning of the buffer. The first character posi‐
tion is 0. If the function returns False, this value is undefined.
For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see
XmText(3X).
RETURN VALUE
Returns True if a string match is found; otherwise, returns False.
RELATED INFORMATIONXmText(3X) and XmTextFindStringWcs(3X).
XmTextFindString(3X)