1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/tk/lib/tk/text.rb b/ext/tk/lib/tk/text.rb
index d294de9fd9..c75cc2d5be 100644
--- a/ext/tk/lib/tk/text.rb
+++ b/ext/tk/lib/tk/text.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ class TkText<TkTextWin
   class IndexString < String
     include IndexModMethods
 
+    def self.at(x,y)
+      self.new("@#{x},#{y}")
+    end
+
     def self.new(str)
       if str.kind_of?(String)
         super(str)
@@ -183,6 +187,14 @@ class TkText<TkTextWin
   end
   private :create_self
 
+  def self.at(x, y)
+    TkText::IndexString.at(x, y)
+  end
+
+  def at(x, y)
+    TkText::IndexString.at(x, y)
+  end
+
   def index(idx)
     TkText::IndexString.new(tk_send_without_enc('index', 
                                                 _get_eval_enc_str(idx)))