automerge (version 0.3.0)

am_cursor_from_string: Restore a cursor from a string

Description

Restores a cursor from a string previously created by am_cursor_to_string(). The text object is required to associate the cursor with a document.

Usage

am_cursor_from_string(str, obj)

Value

An am_cursor object

Arguments

str

A character string containing a serialized cursor

obj

An Automerge text object to associate the cursor with

See Also

am_cursor_to_string()

Examples

doc <- am_create()
am_put(doc, AM_ROOT, "text", am_text("Hello World"))
text_obj <- am_get(doc, AM_ROOT, "text")

cursor <- am_cursor(text_obj, 5)
str <- am_cursor_to_string(cursor)

restored <- am_cursor_from_string(str, text_obj)
restored
am_cursor_position(restored)  # 5

am_close(doc)