hiSelectTextByLoc

hiSelectTextByLoc(
w_windowId 
l_locationPair
[ x_class ]
) 
=> t / nil 

Description

Highlights a list of strings specified as a list of starting and ending location pairs.

Arguments

w_windowId	Window you want the function to act on.
l_locationPair	List of starting and ending location pairs for the selection.
x_class	Group of selections. Values range from 0 to MAX_INT. The default is 0.

Value Returned

t	A match is found.
nil	w_windowId is invalid or l_locationPair is out of range.

Examples

Adds the selected text to text class 6, so it will persist when deselected, and will be highlighted in the style assigned to text class 6

hiSelectTextByLoc(window(3) list(1597:1602) 6)

Related Topics

Functions of Viewfile Window

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