serialize

Description:

[ CCode ( array_length_pos = 4.1 , array_length_type = "gsize" ) ]
[ Version ( since = "2.10" ) ]
public uint8[] serialize (TextBuffer content_buffer, Atom format, TextIter start, TextIter end)

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

formats to be used must be registered using register_serialize_format or register_serialize_tagset beforehand.

Parameters:

this	the TextBuffer `format` is registered with
content_buffer	the 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
length	return location for the length of the serialized data

Returns:

the serialized data, encoded as format