Text: add Text.select_set(...)

Support setting the selection for a text buffer
with support for negative indices, select_set(1, 1, -1, -1)
selects the entire buffer.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_text_api.c b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_text_api.c
index 524dcfa9ad7..bcaa693524c 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_text_api.c
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_text_api.c
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ static void rna_Text_write(Text *text, const char *str)
   WM_main_add_notifier(NC_TEXT | NA_EDITED, text);
 }
 
+static void rna_Text_select_set(Text *text, int startl, int startc, int endl, int endc)
+{
+  txt_sel_set(text, startl, startc, endl, endc);
+  WM_main_add_notifier(NC_TEXT | NA_EDITED, text);
+}
+
 #else
 
 void RNA_api_text(StructRNA *srna)
@@ -69,6 +75,18 @@ void RNA_api_text(StructRNA *srna)
   RNA_def_function_ui_description(func,
                                   "Returns True if the editor supports syntax highlighting "
                                   "for the current text datablock");
+
+  func = RNA_def_function(srna, "select_set", "rna_Text_select_set");
+  RNA_def_function_ui_description(func, "Set selection range by line and character index");
+  parm = RNA_def_int(func, "line_start", 0, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, "Start Line", "", INT_MIN, INT_MAX);
+  RNA_def_parameter_flags(parm, 0, PARM_REQUIRED);
+  parm = RNA_def_int(
+      func, "char_start", 0, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, "Start Character", "", INT_MIN, INT_MAX);
+  RNA_def_parameter_flags(parm, 0, PARM_REQUIRED);
+  parm = RNA_def_int(func, "line_end", 0, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, "End Line", "", INT_MIN, INT_MAX);
+  RNA_def_parameter_flags(parm, 0, PARM_REQUIRED);
+  parm = RNA_def_int(func, "char_end", 0, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, "End Character", "", INT_MIN, INT_MAX);
+  RNA_def_parameter_flags(parm, 0, PARM_REQUIRED);
 }
 
 #endif