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tkinter missing -nolinestop on tk.Text #130693
Description
Bug report
Bug description:
# current tkinter/__init__.py
class Text(...):
[...]
def search(self, pattern, index, stopindex=None,
forwards=None, backwards=None, exact=None,
regexp=None, nocase=None, count=None, elide=None):
[...]The current tkinter implementation of the tkinter.Text.search method misses use of tcl options:
-nolinestop
-all
-overlap
-strictlimits
Is there any reason on why it is not inside the CPython implementation?
CPython versions tested on:
3.13
Operating systems tested on:
Windows
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sharktide commentedon Mar 4, 2025
I'll see if I can make a pr
sharktide commentedon Mar 4, 2025
Almost done, I have to write unittests.
sharktide commentedon Mar 4, 2025
is currently avalible at https://github.com/sharktide/cpython/tree/patch-130693
pythongh-130693 Remove wordiness; only title left
sharktide commentedon May 30, 2025
I am currently pinging this issue as I have not seen a review for nearly a month. Could someone please review soon?
PR: gh-130848
serhiy-storchaka commentedon Aug 10, 2025
For
-all, it would be more Pythonic to add a separate methodsearch_all()which returns a list or a tuple.sharktide commentedon Aug 10, 2025
on it
gh-130693: Support more options for search in tkinter.Text (GH-130848)
pythongh-130693: Add more tests for tkinter.Text.search() (pythonGH-1…
[3.14] gh-130693: Add more tests for tkinter.Text.search() (GH-130848) (
[3.14] pythongh-130693: Add more tests for tkinter.Text.search() (pyt…
[3.13] gh-130693: Add more tests for tkinter.Text.search() (GH-130848) (
pythongh-130693: Support more options for search in tkinter.Text (pyt…