From: Karl Gabel <kaguga@...>
Date: 2007-03-15T11:41:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Gtk::TextBuffer colorful

Olivier Renaud schrieb:
> Le jeudi 15 mars 2007 01:02, Karl Gabel a �crit :
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> is there any way to bring some color into the Gtk::TextView for some lines?
>>
>> example:
>> this line is black
>> this line is black
>> this line is red
>> this line is black
>> ...
>>
>> I use the Gtk::TextBuffer.insert_at_cursor(text) function, because I
>> generate a lot of lines dynamically.
>>
>> @textv_w =  @glade.get_widget("textview1")
>> @buf = @textv_w.buffer
>>
>>
>> but if I like to change the color ...
>>
>> def text_color(color)
>>     #Gdk::flush
>>     @textv_w.modify_text(Gtk::STATE_NORMAL, Gdk::Color.parse(color))
>>     @buf= @textv_w.buffer
>> end
>>
>>
>> @buf.insert_at_cursor("this should be black")
>> text_color("red")
>> @buf.insert_at_cursor("this should be red")
>> text_color("black")
>> @buf.insert_at_cursor("this should be black again")
>>
>> ... the whole thing is black.
>>
>> I even tried to use the TextBuffer.text=(text) function.
>> Gdk::flush does not work at all.
>> Is there any way to flush the buffer before changing the color like
>> $stdout.flush?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Karl
>>     
>
> Hello,
>
> For changing the color of a text (as well as the font, size, and so on), I 
> remember I used a markup system, for GtkLabels. I cannot find a reference to 
> markups in the doc for TextBuffer, but tags may be what you are looking for :
>
> TextBuffer#insert(iter, text, tag1, tag2, tag3, ...)
>   Inserts text into buffer at iter, applying an array of tags to the 
> newly-inserted text. Equivalent to calling Gtk::TextBuffer#insert(iter, 
> text), then Gtk::TextBuffer#apply_tag on the inserted text.
>
> These tags are instances of class Gtk::TextTag, used to set the colors 
> (foreground and background), size, font, style, ...
>
> I haven't tried yet, so tell us if this works for you !
>
>   
Hello again,

this works really nice

@buf.create_tag("tag",{"foreground"=>"red"} )


@buf.insert_at_cursor("this line is still black")
 start = @buf.get_iter_at_offset(@buf.end_iter.offset)
@buf.insert(start, "this line is red", "tag")
@buf.apply_tag("tag",start, @buf.end_iter)
@buf.insert_at_cursor("this line is still black")

Thanks again!

Karl