TextAssembler

class TextAssembler

This class is not normally used directly by user code, but is used by the TextNode to lay out a block of text and convert it into rows of Geoms according to the TextProperties. However, user code may take advantage of it, if desired, for very low-level text operations.

Inheritance diagram

explicit TextAssembler(TextEncoder *encoder)

TextAssembler(TextAssembler const &copy)

PointerTo<PandaNode> assemble_text(void)

Actually assembles all of the text into a GeomNode, and returns the node (or possibly a parent of the node, to keep the shadow separate). Once this has been called, you may query the extents of the text via get_ul(), get_lr().

int calc_c(int n) const

Computes the column index of the nth character or graphic object in the text and returns it.

If the nth character is not a normal printable character with a position in the wordwrapped string, returns -1 (for instance, a soft-hyphen character, or a newline character, may not have a corresponding position).

int calc_index(int r, int c) const

Computes the character index of the character at the rth row and cth column position. This is the inverse of calc_r_c().

It is legal for c to exceed the index number of the last column by 1, and it is legal for r to exceed the index number of the last row by 1, if c is 0.

int calc_r(int n) const

Computes the row index of the nth character or graphic object in the text and returns it.

If the nth character is not a normal printable character with a position in the wordwrapped string, returns -1 (for instance, a soft-hyphen character, or a newline character, may not have a corresponding position).

bool calc_r_c(int &r, int &c, int n) const

Computes the row and column index of the nth character or graphic object in the text. Fills r and c accordingly.

Returns true if the nth character is valid and has a corresponding r and c position, false otherwise (for instance, a soft-hyphen character, or a newline character, may not have a corresponding position). In either case, r and c will be filled in sensibly.

static PN_stdfloat calc_width(wchar_t character, TextProperties const &properties)

static PN_stdfloat calc_width(char32_t character, TextProperties const &properties)

static PN_stdfloat calc_width(TextGraphic const *graphic, TextProperties const &properties)

Returns the width of a single character, according to its associated font.

Returns the width of a single character, according to its associated font. This also correctly calculates the width of cheesy ligatures and accented characters, which may not exist in the font as such.

This does not take kerning into account, however.

Returns the width of a single character, according to its associated font. This also correctly calculates the width of cheesy ligatures and accented characters, which may not exist in the font as such.

This does not take kerning into account, however.

Returns the width of a single TextGraphic image.

void clear(void)

Reinitializes the contents of the TextAssembler.

char32_t get_character(int n) const

char32_t get_character(int r, int c) const

Returns the character at the indicated position in the pre-wordwrapped string. If the object at this position is a graphic object instead of a character, returns 0.

Returns the character at the indicated position in the indicated row. If the object at this position is a graphic object instead of a character, returns 0.

bool get_dynamic_merge(void) const

Returns the dynamic_merge flag. See TextNode::set_flatten_flags().

TextGraphic const *get_graphic(int n) const

TextGraphic const *get_graphic(int r, int c) const

Returns the graphic object at the indicated position in the pre-wordwrapped string. If the object at this position is a character instead of a graphic object, returns NULL.

Returns the graphic object at the indicated position in the indicated row. If the object at this position is a character instead of a graphic object, returns NULL.

LVector2 const &get_lr(void) const

Returns the lower-right corner of the assembled text, in 2-d text coordinates.

int get_max_rows(void) const

If max_rows is greater than zero, no more than max_rows will be accepted. Text beyond that will be truncated.

bool get_multiline_mode(void) const

Returns the multline_mode flag. See TextNode::set_multiline_mode().

int get_num_characters(void) const

Returns the number of characters of text, before wordwrapping.

int get_num_cols(int r) const

Returns the number of characters and/or graphic objects in the nth row.

int get_num_rows(void) const

Returns the number of rows of text after it has all been wordwrapped and assembled.

std::wstring get_plain_wtext(void) const

Returns a wstring that represents the contents of the text, without any embedded properties characters. If there is an embedded graphic object, a zero value is inserted in that position.

This string has the same length as get_num_characters(), and the characters in this string correspond one-to-one with the characters returned by get_character(n).

TextProperties const &get_properties(void) const

TextProperties const &get_properties(int n) const

TextProperties const &get_properties(int r, int c) const

Returns the default TextProperties that are applied to the text in the absence of any nested property change sequences.

Returns the TextProperties in effect for the object at the indicated position in the pre-wordwrapped string.

Returns the TextProperties in effect for the object at the indicated position in the indicated row.

LVector2 const &get_ul(void) const

Returns the upper-left corner of the assembled text, in 2-d text coordinates.

GeomEnums::UsageHint get_usage_hint(void) const

Returns the UsageHint that will be applied to generated geometry. See set_usage_hint().

PN_stdfloat get_width(int n) const

PN_stdfloat get_width(int r, int c) const

Returns the width of the character or object at the indicated position in the pre-wordwrapped string.

Returns the width of the character or object at the indicated position in the indicated row.

std::wstring get_wordwrapped_plain_wtext(void) const

Returns a wstring that represents the contents of the text, with newlines inserted according to the wordwrapping. The string will contain no embedded properties characters. If there is an embedded graphic object, a zero value is inserted in that position.

This string has the same number of newline characters as get_num_rows(), and the characters in this string correspond one-to-one with the characters returned by get_character(r, c).

std::wstring get_wordwrapped_wtext(void) const

Returns a wstring that represents the contents of the text, with newlines inserted according to the wordwrapping.

The string will contain embedded properties characters, which may not exactly match the embedded properties characters of the original string, but it will encode the same way.

Embedded properties characters will be closed before every newline, then reopened (if necessary) on the subsequent character following the newline. This means it will be safe to divide the text up at the newline characters and treat each line as an independent piece.

std::wstring get_wtext(void) const

Returns a wstring that represents the contents of the text.

The string will contain embedded properties characters, which may not exactly match the embedded properties characters of the original string, but it will encode the same way.

PN_stdfloat get_xpos(int r, int c) const

Returns the x position of the origin of the character or graphic object at the indicated position in the indicated row.

It is legal for c to exceed the index number of the last column by 1, and it is legal for r to exceed the index number of the last row by 1, if c is 0.

PN_stdfloat get_ypos(int r, int c) const

Returns the y position of the origin of all of the characters or graphic objects in the indicated row.

It is legal for r to exceed the index number of the last row by 1. The value of c is presently ignored.

static bool has_character(wchar_t character, TextProperties const &properties)

Returns true if the named character exists in the font or can be synthesized by Panda, false otherwise. (Panda can synthesize some accented characters by combining similar-looking glyphs from the font.)

This returns true for whitespace and Unicode whitespace characters (if they exist in the font), but returns false for characters that would render with the “invalid glyph”.

static bool has_exact_character(wchar_t character, TextProperties const &properties)

Returns true if the named character exists in the font exactly as named, false otherwise. Note that because Panda can assemble glyphs together automatically using cheesy accent marks, this is not a reliable indicator of whether a suitable glyph can be rendered for the character. For that, use has_character() instead.

This returns true for whitespace and Unicode whitespace characters (if they exist in the font), but returns false for characters that would render with the “invalid glyph”. It also returns false for characters that would be synthesized within Panda, but see has_character().

static bool is_whitespace(wchar_t character, TextProperties const &properties)

Returns true if the indicated character represents whitespace in the font, or false if anything visible will be rendered for it.

This returns true for whitespace and Unicode whitespace characters (if they exist in the font), and returns false for any other characters, including characters that do not exist in the font (these would be rendered with the “invalid glyph”, which is visible).

Note that this function can be reliably used to identify Unicode whitespace characters only if the font has all of the whitespace characters defined. It will return false for any character not in the font, even if it is an official Unicode whitespace character.

void set_dynamic_merge(bool dynamic_merge)

Sets the dynamic_merge flag. See TextNode::set_flatten_flags().

void set_max_rows(int max_rows)

If max_rows is greater than zero, no more than max_rows will be accepted. Text beyond that will be truncated.

Setting this will not truncate text immediately. You must follow this up with a call to set_wtext() to truncate the existing text.

void set_multiline_mode(bool flag)

Sets the multiline mode flag. Set the multiline mode to allow text to wrap. It defaults to true.

void set_properties(TextProperties const &properties)

Specifies the default TextProperties that are applied to the text in the absence of any nested property change sequences.

void set_usage_hint(GeomEnums::UsageHint usage_hint)

Specifies the UsageHint that will be applied to generated geometry. The default is UH_static, which is probably the right setting, but if you know the TextNode’s geometry will have a short lifespan, it may be better to set it to UH_stream. See geomEnums.h.

bool set_wsubstr(std::wstring const &wtext, int start, int count)

Replaces the ‘count’ characters from ‘start’ of the current text with the indicated replacement text. If the replacement text does not have count characters, the length of the string will be changed accordingly.

The substring may include nested formatting characters, but they must be self-contained and self-closed. The formatting characters are not literally saved in the internal string; they are parsed at the time of the set_wsubstr() call.

The return value is true if all the text is accepted, or false if some was truncated (see set_max_rows()).

bool set_wtext(std::wstring const &wtext)

Accepts a new text string and associated properties structure, and precomputes the wordwrapping layout appropriately. After this call, get_wordwrapped_wtext() and get_num_rows() can be called.

The return value is true if all the text is accepted, or false if some was truncated (see set_max_rows()).