Not many people know this.

[chipsm at themartinz.com]

So, is this the same thing as the "paragraph" property? I find that this is
also super useful.

Sincerely,

Clarence Martin
Email: Chipsm at themartinz.com
Cell: 626 696-5561

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com> On Behalf Of Mark
Waddingham via use-livecode
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2018 8:12 AM
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Cc: Mark Waddingham <mark at livecode.com>
Subject: Re: Not many people know this.

On 2018-08-16 11:32, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode wrote:
> Possibly I am reinventing the wheel here:
> 
> set the textFont of word 3 to "Charcoal"
> 
> This IS incredibly useful when one is typing to Mum in Sanskrit (as 
> one does) and wants to use a variant glyph (as one does continuously) 
> as it allows one to have 2 congruent fonts side-by-side featuring 
> differing variants of standard glyphs.

Indeed!

All characters in a field can have a distinct textFont, textStyle and
textSize (and a number of other properties - they are called 'char level
styles' - in the docs you can see the ones which are which show an example
which is 'the ... of char of field' IIRC).

If such a char level property is empty for a given char, then it inherits
from the field.

This has 'always been the case' - the only difference to it in the last
10 years is when we made it so textFont/textSize and textStyle independent.
Previously, if you set one at the char level - all three would be set.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

P.S. The engine doesn't actually store things per-char - but in runs - i.e.
if the complete set of properties for char N ... N+M are identical, then it
stores that information. This reduces the overhead of the per-char styles to
when they are used, rather than universally.

--
Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps

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