On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Frank Richter wrote: > I think, we need to collect the line in memory and tag characters (in a > second array), that have to be printed in bold. The output routine can > then switch fonts bold as needed. Perhaps we can even use this logic for > switching fonts and cpi, when indicated by scs commands.
The trouble with this is that a PDF needs to know the font and the beginning of a text string, whereas AHPP puts the bold attribute on the printed text after the text has been printed. We need to know the font attribute before flushing any buffers. The AHPP bold technique may not tell us that bold is required until possibly after a buffer flush. > We should flush at the next newline ore page break. We must provide a > larger buffer, if it get's filled by a long line with bolded text. And > the output function should flush in smaller peaces, if we have more then > 255 characters collected in the buffer. We already flush at every newline character. We also flush at 255 chars because the PDF spec indicates that some operating evironments can't handle longer strings. James Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ This is the Linux 5250 Development Project (LINUX5250) mailing list To post a message email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/linux5250 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/linux5250.
