> On 10 Mar 2016, at 13:32, Blake McBride <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks. I suppose my question is, how can I switch back and forth between > text and graphics mode on the same page? There would be no nesting, just > sequential switching back and forth. Can I do that, or am I restricted to > only a single text mode per page?
You can switch between them as many times as you like. > Thanks. > > Blake > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:25 PM, John Hewson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> On 10 Mar 2016, at 13:14, Blake McBride <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Using 2.x here. I understand that I need to exit text mode via >>> contentStream.endText() before printing things like lines. Fine. But, >> if >>> I contentStream.endText(), and print some lines, how can I re-enable text >>> mode? I tried contentStream.beginText() but it didn't work. Sure >>> appreciate any help! >> >> These methods just emit PDF’s begin text (BT) and end text (ET) operators. >> Basically, you only need to use them when you switch between text and >> graphics. You can put as many lines and paragraphs of text as you like >> inside >> a single BT, ET pair: >> >> BT >> text…. >> text.... >> text... >> ET >> >> The text operators between BT and ET can draw text, update the text matrix, >> make new lines, etc. Note that BT, ET are *never* nested. >> >>> Blake McBride >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
