[REBOL] Re: text-fit function?
From: gabriele:colellachiara at: 14-Aug-2004 11:50
Hi Maxim,
On Saturday, August 14, 2004, 7:28:32 AM, you wrote:
MOA> does anyone know if there is a complement to the
MOA> text-size function which tells you how many chars fit inside
MOA> a specific area or width?
You can't know, fonts can be proportional. If your font is fixed
width, then you can just calculate the size of one character and
do a division.
MOA> I was expecting the area style to store this info in
MOA> its lines field... but upon inspecting an allocated on, its
MOA> lines attribute was still set to none...
Have a look at:
>> help textinfo
USAGE:
TEXTINFO face line-info line
DESCRIPTION:
Sets the line text information in an object for a face.
TEXTINFO is a native value.
ARGUMENTS:
face -- The face for which the information is defined. (Type: object)
line-info -- The object where the information will be set. (Type: object)
line -- The line to get information for. (Type: number any-string)
Regards,
Gabriele.
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