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**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [June 22, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-html-markup-with-gtk-textview/64164 "2006-06-22T18:11:15Z")\
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**Author:**  [@Mathieu\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathieu_B)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-html-markup-with-gtk-textview/64164/1 "2006-06-22T18:11:15Z")
Hi everyone,
I would like to know if, in the same way than a Gtk::Label [1], there
exists
a simple way to use html markup with Gtk::TextView.
I’ve been browsing the api reference and didn’t find any simple method.
Any idea?
Thanks,
Mathieu.
[1] [http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Gtk%3A%3ALabel](http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Gtk%3A%3ALabel)
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**Author:**  [@Mathieu\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathieu_B)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-html-markup-with-gtk-textview/64164/2 "2006-06-23T13:53:46Z")
On 6/22/06, Mathieu B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to know if, in the same way than a Gtk::Label [1], there exists
> a simple way to use html markup with Gtk::TextView.
Seems that gtk developers don’t care of such a feature ☹
[http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=59390](http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59390)
–
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**Author:**  [@Mathieu\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Mathieu_B)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/simple-html-markup-with-gtk-textview/64164/3 "2006-06-26T23:19:39Z")
Hi Guillaume,
> Seems that gtk developers don’t care of such a feature ☹
>
> [Bug 59390 – load Pango Markup into GtkTextBuffer](http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59390)
Thanks for your answer. I think that it is pity because every
application has to duplicate the same code. That’s a very common need.
I guess the Ruby-GNOME2 development policy is to stick to the GTK API
but I think it would be worth adding a small extention to the
Gtk::TextView class, at least in samples/.
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