Gtk.TextBuffer.prototype.serialize

function serialize(content_buffer:Gtk.TextBuffer, format:Gdk.Atom, start:Gtk.TextIter, end:Gtk.TextIter):[guint8] {
    // Gjs wrapper for gtk_text_buffer_serialize()
}

This function serializes the portion of text between start and end in the rich text format represented by format.

format<!-- -->s to be used must be registered using Gtk.TextBuffer.prototype.register_serialize_format or Gtk.TextBuffer.prototype.register_serialize_tagset beforehand.

Since 2.10

content_buffer

the Gtk.TextBuffer to serialize

format

the rich text format to use for serializing

start

start of block of text to serialize

end

end of block of test to serialize

Returns

the serialized data, encoded as format