read-from-file

Reads new contents for the editor from a stream. See also File Formats.

• (send a-text read-from-file stream start overwrite-styles?) -> boolean
      stream : editor-stream-in% object
      start : exact non-negative integer or 'start
      overwrite-styles? = #t : boolean

  New data is inserted at the position indicated by start, or at the current position if start is 'start.

  
  

• (send a-text read-from-file stream overwrite-styles?) -> boolean
      stream : editor-stream-in% object
      overwrite-styles? = #t : boolean

  If overwrite-styles? is #f, then each style name in the loaded file that are already in the current style list keep its current styles. Otherwise, existing named styles are overwritten with specifications from the loaded file.