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diff --git a/Doc/libfm.tex b/Doc/libfm.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..acbc05d --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/libfm.tex @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +\section{Built-in Module \sectcode{fm}} +\bimodindex{fm} + +This module provides access to the IRIS {\em Font Manager} library. +It is available only on Silicon Graphics machines. +See also: 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: + +\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module fm)} +\begin{funcdesc}{init}{} +Initialization function. +Calls \code{fminit()}. +It is normally not necessary to call this function, since it is called +automatically the first time the \code{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 \code{fmenumerate()}. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{prstr}{string} +Render a string using the current font (see the \code{setfont()} font +handle method below). +Calls \code{fmprstr(\var{string})}. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{setpath}{string} +Sets the font search path. +Calls \code{fmsetpath(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: + +\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(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})}. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{getstrwidth}{string} +Returns the width, in pixels, of the string when drawn in this font. +Calls \code{fmgetstrwidth(\var{fh}, \var{string})}. +\end{funcdesc} |