Method

IdeHighlighterupdate

Declaration 

void
ide_highlighter_update (
  IdeHighlighter* self,
  const GSList* tags_to_remove,
  IdeHighlightCallback callback,
  const GtkTextIter* range_begin,
  const GtkTextIter* range_end,
  GtkTextIter* location
)

Description

Incrementally processes more of the buffer for highlighting. If callback returns IDE_HIGHLIGHT_STOP, then this vfunc should stop processing and return, having set location to the current position of processing.

If processing the entire range was successful, then location should be set to range_end.

Parameters

tags_to_remove

Type: A list of GtkTextTag*

A GSList of tags to be removed.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
callback

Type: IdeHighlightCallback

A callback to apply a given style.

range_begin

Type: GtkTextIter

The beginning of the range to update.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
range_end

Type: GtkTextIter

The end of the range to update.

The data is owned by the caller of the method.
location

Type: GtkTextIter

How far the highlighter got in the update.

The argument will be set by the function.
The data is owned by the instance.