match_check_event

Description:

public string? match_check_event (Event event, out int tag)

Checks if the text in and around the position of the event matches any of the regular expressions previously set using vte_terminal_match_add.

If a match exists, the text string is returned and if tag is not null, the number associated with the matched regular expression will be stored in tag.

If more than one regular expression has been set with vte_terminal_match_add, then expressions are checked in the order in which they were added.

Parameters:

this	a Terminal
event	a Event
tag	a location to store the tag, or `null`

Returns:

a newly allocated string which matches one of the previously set regular expressions, or null if there is no match