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hierarchical-item-snip%
get-item
hierarchical-list-snip%
get-item
get-content-buffer

7.4 Snips in a hierarchical-list% Instance

The find-snip in text% method of the editor in a hierarchical-list% return instances of hierarchical-item-snip% and hierarchical-list-snip%.

(send a-hierarchical-item-snip get-item)
  (is-a?/c hierarchical-list-item<%>)
Returns the hierarchical-list-item<%> corresponding to the snip.

(send a-hierarchical-list-snip get-item)
  (is-a?/c hierarchical-list-compound-item<%>)
Returns the hierarchical-list-compound-item<%> corresponding to the snip.

(send a-hierarchical-list-snip get-content-buffer)
  (is-a?/c text%)
Returns the text% that contains the sub-item snips.