/* This is the application. */

public class MyApplication : Gtk.Application {

	/* Override the 'activate' signal of GLib.Application. */

	protected override void activate () {

		/* Create the window of this application. */

		new MyWindow (this).show_all ();

	}

}

/* This is the window. */

class MyWindow: Gtk.ApplicationWindow {

	internal MyWindow (MyApplication app) {

		Object (application: app, title: "TextView Example");

		this.set_default_size (220, 200);

		var buffer = new Gtk.TextBuffer (null); //stores text to be displayed

		var textview = new Gtk.TextView.with_buffer (buffer); //displays TextBuffer

		textview.set_wrap_mode (Gtk.WrapMode.WORD); //sets line wrapping

		var scrolled_window = new Gtk.ScrolledWindow (null, null);

		scrolled_window.set_policy (Gtk.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC,

		                            Gtk.PolicyType.AUTOMATIC);

		scrolled_window.add (textview);

		scrolled_window.set_border_width (5);

		this.add (scrolled_window);

	}

}

/* main creates and runs the application. */

public int main (string[] args) {

	return new MyApplication ().run (args);

}