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diff --git a/Doc/libfm.tex b/Doc/libfm.tex deleted file mode 100644 index abcbaa4..0000000 --- a/Doc/libfm.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -\section{Built-in Module \module{fm}} -\label{module-fm} -\bimodindex{fm} - -This module provides access to the IRIS \emph{Font Manager} library. -\index{Font Manager, IRIS} -\index{IRIS Font Manager} -It is available only on Silicon Graphics machines. -See also: \emph{4Sight User's Guide}, Section 1, Chapter 5: ``Using -the IRIS Font Manager.'' - -This is not yet a full interface to the IRIS Font Manager. -Among the unsupported features are: matrix operations; cache -operations; character operations (use string operations instead); some -details of font info; individual glyph metrics; and printer matching. - -It supports the following operations: - -\begin{funcdesc}{init}{} -Initialization function. -Calls \cfunction{fminit()}. -It is normally not necessary to call this function, since it is called -automatically the first time the \module{fm} module is imported. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{findfont}{fontname} -Return a font handle object. -Calls \code{fmfindfont(\var{fontname})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{enumerate}{} -Returns a list of available font names. -This is an interface to \cfunction{fmenumerate()}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{prstr}{string} -Render a string using the current font (see the \function{setfont()} font -handle method below). -Calls \code{fmprstr(\var{string})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{setpath}{string} -Sets the font search path. -Calls \code{fmsetpath(\var{string})}. -(XXX Does not work!?!) -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{fontpath}{} -Returns the current font search path. -\end{funcdesc} - -Font handle objects support the following operations: - -\setindexsubitem{(font handle method)} -\begin{funcdesc}{scalefont}{factor} -Returns a handle for a scaled version of this font. -Calls \code{fmscalefont(\var{fh}, \var{factor})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{setfont}{} -Makes this font the current font. -Note: the effect is undone silently when the font handle object is -deleted. -Calls \code{fmsetfont(\var{fh})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{getfontname}{} -Returns this font's name. -Calls \code{fmgetfontname(\var{fh})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{getcomment}{} -Returns the comment string associated with this font. -Raises an exception if there is none. -Calls \code{fmgetcomment(\var{fh})}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{getfontinfo}{} -Returns a tuple giving some pertinent data about this font. -This is an interface to \code{fmgetfontinfo()}. -The returned tuple contains the following numbers: -\code{(}\var{printermatched}, \var{fixed_width}, \var{xorig}, -\var{yorig}, \var{xsize}, \var{ysize}, \var{height}, -\var{nglyphs}\code{)}. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{getstrwidth}{string} -Returns the width, in pixels, of \var{string} when drawn in this font. -Calls \code{fmgetstrwidth(\var{fh}, \var{string})}. -\end{funcdesc} |