text widget-cursor position

[josri]

Hi
How do I get the cursor position in text widget? eg.line number 5 column
number 6. And not x,y position with XEvent()
Thanks for any help!

Regards
Josri

[Andrew Allen]

josri (jo...@postoffice.pacbell.net) wrote:
: Hi

: How do I get the cursor position in text widget? eg.line number 5 column
: number 6. And not x,y position with XEvent()

Not exactly obvious from the documentation... you need to get the
index of the (special) mark called 'insert':

$pos=$textwidget->index('insert');

Andrew

[josri]

Hi AndrewThanks for your help. But, can you give me a small example which uses
"mark" with text widget or some example on the web. I am also not clear with
the documentation.

> : How do I get the cursor position in text widget? eg.line number 5 column
> : number 6. And not x,y position with XEvent()
>
> Not exactly obvious from the documentation... you need to get the
> index of the (special) mark called 'insert':
>
> $pos=$textwidget->index('insert');

RegardsJosri

[josri]

Hi Andrews
Thanks for your help!
It worked :-)

Regards
Josri