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How do I get the current index of the insertion character in an Entry widget?

Jun 15th, 2000 19:39
unknown unknown, Hans-Joachim Widmaier

After digging in Tk docs for some time I've finally found how to get the 
current index of the insertion character in an Entry widget:

  self.index("insert")

will do the trick. Fair enough, "insert" isn't listed in the INDICES 
section, just in a note (in the Text widget man page).