From 1dae60049dec98a36ba08677d6732cb613fe796c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Micay <danielmicay@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:59:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add function for setting the text selection

---
 src/vte.c         | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/vteterminal.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/vte.c b/src/vte.c
index 91c2a3a..b5c4b52 100644
--- a/src/vte.c
+++ b/src/vte.c
@@ -7005,6 +7005,24 @@ vte_terminal_unselect_all(VteTerminal *terminal)
 	vte_terminal_deselect_all (terminal);
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * vte_terminal_select_text:
+ * @terminal: a #VteTerminal
+ * @start_col: the starting column for the selection
+ * @start_row: the starting row for the selection
+ * @end_col: the end column for the selection
+ * @end_row: the end row for the selection
+ *
+ * Sets the current selection region.
+ */
+void
+vte_terminal_select_text(VteTerminal *terminal,
+			 long start_col, long start_row,
+			 long end_col, long end_row) {
+	_vte_terminal_select_text(terminal, start_col, start_row, end_col, end_row, 0, 0);
+}
+
 /* Autoscroll a bit. */
 static gboolean
 vte_terminal_autoscroll(VteTerminal *terminal)
diff --git a/src/vteterminal.h b/src/vteterminal.h
index a056b06..4b3d29f 100644
--- a/src/vteterminal.h
+++ b/src/vteterminal.h
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ void vte_terminal_paste_primary(VteTerminal *terminal) _VTE_GNUC_NONNULL(1);
 
 void vte_terminal_select_all(VteTerminal *terminal) _VTE_GNUC_NONNULL(1);
 void vte_terminal_unselect_all(VteTerminal *terminal) _VTE_GNUC_NONNULL(1);
+void vte_terminal_select_text(VteTerminal *terminal,
+                              long start_col, long start_row,
+                              long end_col, long end_row) _VTE_GNUC_NONNULL(1);
 
 /* pause and unpause output */
 void vte_terminal_disconnect_pty_read(VteTerminal *vte);