Gtk.EntryBuffer.new
Description: Reference for Gtk.EntryBuffer.new

### Constructor

# Gtk EntryBuffernew

#### Declaration [src]

    GtkEntryBuffer*
    gtk_entry_buffer_new (
      const char* initial_chars,
      int n_initial_chars
    )

#### Description [src]

Create a new `GtkEntryBuffer` object.

Optionally, specify initial text to set in the buffer.

#### Parameters

`initial_chars`

  Type: `const char*`

  Initial buffer text.

  The argument can be `NULL`.
  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

`n_initial_chars`

  Type: `int`

  Number of characters in `initial_chars`, or -1

#### Return value

Type: `GtkEntryBuffer`

A new `GtkEntryBuffer` object.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.