XMTEXTPOSITION(3)

okay bestie, welcome to the XmTextPosition(library call) page — it's giving “where exactly are we in this text string?” and honestly? iconic. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

XmTextPosition — Data type for a character position within a text string

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

#include <Xm/Xm.h>

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

XmTextPosition is an integer data type, no cap. It holds a character's position within a text string for Text and TextField. ✨

okay so here's the main character detail: an XmTextPosition value conceptually points to the gap between two characters. Not the character itself — the little in-between space, iykyk. 🫶

For example, consider a text string consisting of N characters. A value of 0 refers to the position immediately prior to the first character. A value of 1 refers to the position in between the first and second characters. A value of N refers to the position immediately following the last character. Therefore, the text string of N characters actually contains N + 1 positions. math ate, periodt. 🔥

🦋 RELATED 🦋

• XmText(3) — go read that one next, bestie. 💜

and that's the whole XmTextPosition(library call) page — the footer is just the library call label, with no source/version/date line to report. bye bestie 💖✨