[plt-scheme] get caret position in text%

From: Martin DeMello (martindemello at gmail.com)
Date: Mon Jun 2 13:22:08 EDT 2008

Ah, thanks! Sorry for being slow :) I do think the docs should be
clearer that the "current selection" defaults to the caret if there is
no selection.

martin

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> You want to combine position-paragraph (which is below) with
> get-start-position and get-end-position.
>
> Robby
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Martin DeMello <martindemello at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I went through the docs, and couldn't find anything relating to the
>> caret. I found the following methods containing 'paragraph':
>>
>> last-paragraph
>> line-paragraph
>> paragraph-end-line
>> paragraph-end-position
>> paragraph-start-line
>> paragraph-start-position
>> position-paragraph
>> set-paragraph-alignment
>> set-paragraph-margins
>>
>> of which only last-paragraph doesn't take an argument.
>>
>> martin
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 4:20 AM, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>> If you want the line and column according to the soft line breaks,
>>> look at the methods with the name "line" in them and if you want the
>>> line and column according only to where newlines are in the buffer,
>>> look for methods with the name "paragraph".
>>>
>>> http://docs.plt-scheme.org/gui/text_.html
>>>
>>> Robby
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Martin DeMello <martindemello at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> How do I get the row and column the caret is currently at in a text% widget?
>>>>
>>>> martin
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