# Method GTK1.Editable()->delete_text()

Method delete_text

  ``GTK1.Editable` delete_text(`int` `start_pos`, `int` `end_pos`)`

Description

  Delete a sequence of characters. The characters that are deleted are those characters at positions from start_pos up to, but not including end_pos. If end_pos is negative, then the the characters deleted will be those characters from start_pos to the end of the text.