PgDrawText(), PgDrawTextmx(), PgDrawTextChars()

Draw text

Synopsis:

int PgDrawText( char const *ptr,
                int len,
                PhPoint_t const *pos,
                int flags );

int PgDrawTextmx( char const *ptr,
                  int len,
                  PhPoint_t const *pos,
                  int flags );

int PgDrawTextChars( char const *ptr,
                     int len,
                     PhPoint_t const *pos,
                     int flags );

Library:

ph

Description:

Each of these functions builds a command in the draw buffer to draw the text indicated by ptr at location pos, using the font specified in a previous call to PgSetFont().

The len parameter specifies the number of bytes required to store the string. For pure ASCII strings (characters 0 to 127), this is the number of characters. For multibyte strings, len may be larger than the number of characters. For double-byte strings, len is twice the number of characters.

By default, the function assumes that all strings consist of multibyte characters that conform to the ISO/IEC 10646-1 UTF-1 multibyte format. However, if Pg_TEXT_WIDECHAR is set, the function assumes each character is represented by 2 bytes that conform to the ISO/IEC 10646-1 UCS-2 double-byte format.

PgDrawTextChars() assumes that len is the number of characters to draw. Using this number, PgDrawTextChars() determines the number of bytes required to store the string.

By default, the text is left-aligned (Pg_TEXT_LEFT), and the text is drawn with pos->y as its baseline. You can set flags to a combination of:

Pg_BACK_FILL

Fill the text extent with fill-color parameters.

Pg_TEXT_WIDECHAR

The text is specified as wide characters. Each character is represented by 16 bits.

Pg_TEXT_LEFT

Left align text to pos (text is drawn to the right).

Pg_TEXT_RIGHT

Right align text to pos (text is drawn to the left).

Pg_TEXT_CENTER

Center text horizontally on pos.

Pg_TEXT_TOP

Top align text to pos (text is drawn below).

Pg_TEXT_BOTTOM

Bottom align text to pos (text is drawn above).

Pg_TEXT_MIDDLE

Center text vertically on pos.

Text justification relative to the indicated positions.

If you call the "mx" forms of these functions, the data isn't physically copied into the draw buffer. Instead, a pointer to the string is stored until the draw buffer is flushed. Make sure you call PgFlush() before you modify the text.

Returns:

0

Success.

-1

The draw buffer is too small to hold the current draw state, the draw command and the data. Increase the size of the draw buffer, or decrease the size of the string.

Examples:

DrawSimpleText() {
    char *s = "Hello World!";
    PhPoint_t p = { 8, 30 };
    char Helvetica18[MAX_FONT_TAG];

    if(PfGenerateFontName("Helvetica", 0, 18,
                          Helvetica18) == NULL) {
        perror("Unable to find font");
    } else {
        PgSetFont( Helvetica18 );
    }
    PgSetTextColor( Pg_WHITE );
    PgDrawText( s, strlen( s ), &p, 0 );
}

The above code draws:

DrawBackFillText() {
    char *s = "Hello World!";
    PhPoint_t p = { 8, 30 };
    char Helvetica18[MAX_FONT_TAG];

    if(PfGenerateFontName("Helvetica", 0, 18,
                          Helvetica18) == NULL) {
        perror("Unable to find font");
    } else {
        PgSetFont( Helvetica18 );
    }
    PgSetTextColor( Pg_WHITE );
    PgSetFillColor( Pg_PURPLE );
    PgDrawText( s, strlen( s ), &p, Pg_BACK_FILL );
}

The above code draws:

DrawUnderlineText() {
    char *s = "Hello World!";
    PhPoint_t p = { 8, 30 };
    char Helvetica18[MAX_FONT_TAG];

    if(PfGenerateFontName("Helvetica", 0, 18,
                          Helvetica18) == NULL) {
        perror("Unable to find font");
    } else {
        PgSetFont( Helvetica18 );
    }
    PgSetTextColor( Pg_WHITE );
    PgSetUnderline( Pg_RED, Pg_TRANSPARENT, 0 );
    PgDrawText( s, strlen( s ), &p, 0 );
    PgSetUnderline( Pg_TRANSPARENT, Pg_TRANSPARENT, 0 );
}

The above code draws:

DrawBackFillUnderlineText() {
    char *s = "Hello World!";
    PhPoint_t p = { 8, 30 };
    char Helvetica18[MAX_FONT_TAG];

    if(PfGenerateFontName("Helvetica", 0, 18,
                          Helvetica18) == NULL) {
        perror("Unable to find font");
    } else {
        PgSetFont( Helvetica18 );
    }
    PgSetTextColor( Pg_WHITE );
    PgSetFillColor( Pg_PURPLE );
    PgSetUnderline( Pg_RED, Pg_TRANSPARENT, 0 );
    PgDrawText( s, strlen( s ), &p, Pg_BACK_FILL );
    PgSetUnderline( Pg_TRANSPARENT, Pg_TRANSPARENT, 0 );
}

The above code draws:

Classification:

Photon

See also:

PgDrawMultiTextArea(), PgDrawString(), PgFlush(), PgSetFillColor(), PgSetFillDither(), PgSetFillTransPat(), PgSetFont(), PgSetTextColor(), PgSetTextDither(), PgSetTextTransPat(), PgSetTextXORColor(), PgSetUnderline(), PhPoint_t

"Text" in the Raw Drawing and Animation chapter of the Photon Programmer's Guide