XmTextFindString(3X)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, position)
Widget widget;
XmTextPosition start;
char *string;
XmTextDirection direction;
XmTextPosition *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. Indicates 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 position of the
string match is returned. This is an integer number of characters from
the beginning of the buffer. The first character position 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.
SEE ALSOXmText(3X), XmTextFindStringWcs(3X)XmTextFindString(3X)