Add SCI_GETTARGETTEXT as a simpler alternate to SCI_GETTEXTRANGE.

4 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ScintillaDoc.html b/doc/ScintillaDoc.html
index 1697af2ee..0a913506b 100644
--- a/doc/ScintillaDoc.html
+++ b/doc/ScintillaDoc.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
     <h1>Scintilla Documentation</h1>
 
-    <p>Last edited 13 February 2015 NH</p>
+    <p>Last edited 22 February 2015 NH</p>
 
     <p>There is <a class="jump" href="Design.html">an overview of the internal design of
     Scintilla</a>.<br />
@@ -643,6 +643,8 @@ struct Sci_TextRange {
      <a class="message" href="#SCI_GETSEARCHFLAGS">SCI_GETSEARCHFLAGS</a><br />
      <a class="message" href="#SCI_SEARCHINTARGET">SCI_SEARCHINTARGET(int length, const char
     *text)</a><br />
+     <a class="message" href="#SCI_GETTARGETTEXT">SCI_GETTARGETTEXT(&lt;unused&gt;,
+     char *text)</a><br />
      <a class="message" href="#SCI_REPLACETARGET">SCI_REPLACETARGET(int length, const char
     *text)</a><br />
      <a class="message" href="#SCI_REPLACETARGETRE">SCI_REPLACETARGETRE(int length, const char
@@ -677,6 +679,9 @@ struct Sci_TextRange {
     text and the return value is the position of the start of the matching text. If the search
     fails, the result is -1.</p>
 
+    <p><b id="SCI_GETTARGETTEXT">SCI_GETTARGETTEXT(&lt;unused&gt;, char *text)</b><br />
+     Retrieve the value in the target.</p>
+
     <p><b id="SCI_REPLACETARGET">SCI_REPLACETARGET(int length, const char *text)</b><br />
      If <code>length</code> is -1, <code>text</code> is a zero terminated string, otherwise
     <code>length</code> sets the number of character to replace the target with.
diff --git a/include/Scintilla.h b/include/Scintilla.h
index 018a6d8bd..e2e3297a5 100644
--- a/include/Scintilla.h
+++ b/include/Scintilla.h
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ typedef sptr_t (*SciFnDirect)(sptr_t ptr, unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam,
 #define SCI_SETTARGETEND 2192
 #define SCI_GETTARGETEND 2193
 #define SCI_SETTARGETRANGE 2686
+#define SCI_GETTARGETTEXT 2687
 #define SCI_REPLACETARGET 2194
 #define SCI_REPLACETARGETRE 2195
 #define SCI_SEARCHINTARGET 2197
diff --git a/include/Scintilla.iface b/include/Scintilla.iface
index 7373384c8..f5fac5480 100644
--- a/include/Scintilla.iface
+++ b/include/Scintilla.iface
@@ -1062,6 +1062,9 @@ get position GetTargetEnd=2193(,)
 # Sets both the start and end of the target in one call.
 fun void SetTargetRange=2686(position start, position end)
 
+# Retrieve the text in the target.
+get int GetTargetText=2687(, stringresult characters)
+
 # Replace the target text with the argument text.
 # Text is counted so it can contain NULs.
 # Returns the length of the replacement text.
diff --git a/src/Editor.cxx b/src/Editor.cxx
index 5935037d6..6c80b7511 100644
--- a/src/Editor.cxx
+++ b/src/Editor.cxx
@@ -5343,7 +5343,7 @@ sptr_t Editor::StringResult(sptr_t lParam, const char *val) {
 
 sptr_t Editor::BytesResult(sptr_t lParam, const unsigned char *val, size_t len) {
 	// No NUL termination: len is number of valid/displayed bytes
-	if (lParam) {
+	if ((lParam) && (len > 0)) {
 		char *ptr = CharPtrFromSPtr(lParam);
 		if (val)
 			memcpy(ptr, val, len);
@@ -5576,6 +5576,11 @@ sptr_t Editor::WndProc(unsigned int iMessage, uptr_t wParam, sptr_t lParam) {
 		}
 		break;
 
+	case SCI_GETTARGETTEXT: {
+			std::string text = RangeText(targetStart, targetEnd);
+			return BytesResult(lParam, reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char *>(text.c_str()), text.length());
+		}
+
 	case SCI_REPLACETARGET:
 		PLATFORM_ASSERT(lParam);
 		return ReplaceTarget(false, CharPtrFromSPtr(lParam), static_cast<int>(wParam));