Custom Text Formatting (Previously: Getting long results in a program)

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Hello Tyann,

(04-08-2024 05:23 AM)Tyann Wrote:  After some thought, a single atextout_p(...l) function doesn't seem too bad. We'll be able to tell from the size of the list of 8 or 9 whether we're in transparency or not
without a default value and for the variables I propose to retrieve them on a single line
as follows:

Code:


atextout_p(...par)
BEGIN
 LOCAL s,g,x,y,p,c,a,l
 LOCAL f,fr
 {'s','g','x','y','p','c','a','l'}:=par({1,8});
 IF SIZE(par)==9 THEN f:=par(9); fr=1;END.
............
END;

Sorry, perhaps I didn't express myself clearly. I completely agree with not using a list in the atextout_p function. I just meant not to create two functions with 8 and 9 parameters, but only one with 9 parameters. In case we need 8 parameters, we can simply pass a predefined value in the 9th parameter (e.g., -1).

I think it's time to establish the method of passing formatting attributes. If a string would be acceptable for you, my proposal is as follows:
B - bold
D - darkening
I - italic
U - underline
S - strikethrough

The formatting string could have from 0 to 5 characters. B indicates bold (1 pixel shift), and D indicates triple display, so all combinations can be made, e.g., "BD". If you have a different idea for attributes, please let me know.

It would also be good to apply a semi-transparent mode because currently PPL does not support displaying semi-transparent texts. This would have to apply separately to the text and separately to the background.
What do you think about this?