Yeah I want to code a status bar too to show the current line and character number that the cursor is at but am having a difficult time discovering how to tell what line and character number the cursor is at.

Edit: Yes something like that. It would need to scroll with the main Text widget though and increase the more lines put in and decrease with lines taken away. It is a good start though.

I was just reading the Scrollbar.pm too trying to get an idea on how to tell where the cursor is and how the module does it. It uses some subroutines called "ScrlByUnits" to move it and I assume it tracks it also. Maybe I can use these subs to report back their results or mimic them in my script.

In reply to Re: Re: Create a graphical line numbering for my text editor. by Elijah
in thread Create a graphical line numbering for my text editor. by Elijah

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