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Chapter 10: libpr Basics
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Table 10-5 lists the key routines used to manage pfStrings.
Table 10-5
pfString Routines
Function
Description
pfNewString
Create a new pfString
pfDelete
Delete a pfString.
pfStringFont
Set the pfFont to use when drawing this pfString.
pfStringString
Set the character array that this pfString will represent/render.
pfDrawString
Draw this pfString
pfFlattenString
Flatten all positional translations and the current specification
matrix into individual pfGeoSets so that more memory is used,
but no matrix transforms or translates have to be done between
each character of the pfString.
pfStringColor
Set the color of the pfString.
pfStringMode
Specify a particular mode for this pfString.
Valid Modes to set:
PFSTR_JUSTIFY — set the line justification and has the
following possible values: PFSTR_FIRST or PFSTR_LEFT,
PFSTR_MIDDLE or PFSTR_CENTER, and PFSTR_LAST or
PFSTR_RIGHT.
PFSTR_CHAR_SIZE — set the number of bytes per character in
the input string and has the following possible values:
PFSTR_CHAR, PFSTR_SHORT, PFSTR_INT.
pfStringMat
Specify a transform matrix that will affect the entire character
string when the pfString is drawn
pfStringSpacing Specify a scale factor for the escapement translations that happen
Scale
after each character is drawn. This routine is useful for changing
the spacing between characters and even between lines.
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