TextIter.backwardSearch

match_end will never be set to a gtk.text_iter.TextIter located after iter, even if there is a possible match_start before or at iter.

class TextIter

bool

backwardSearch

(

string str

)

Parameters

str string: search string
flags gtk.types.TextSearchFlags: bitmask of flags affecting the search
matchStart gtk.text_iter.TextIter: return location for start of match
matchEnd gtk.text_iter.TextIter: return location for end of match
limit gtk.text_iter.TextIter: location of last possible match_start, or null for start of buffer

Type: bool

whether a match was found