Re: [Alephmodular-devel] CoreGraphics work

[Br'fin <br...@ma...>]

On Jul 10, 2005, at 12:18 AM, Alexander Strange wrote:

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> On Jul 9, 2005, at 11:58 PM, Br'fin wrote:
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>> Added in basic CDContext_CoreGraphics. So the map display now  
>> works Still need to add in text and bitmap images.
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>> Text... looks to be a pain. Looks like I need to integrate in some  
>> ATSUI support and probably a quick hash container to cache the  
>> relevant ATSUI style info. In other words, it didn't seem like  
>> there was a quick way to just draw text to a Quartz context.
>>
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> There is a quick way, but it doesn't support style runs.
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> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/ 
> drawingwithquartz2d/dq_text/chapter_18_section_4.html
>

Never mind not supporting style runs, it doesn't even look like it  
supports styles very well to begin with. And then being limited to  
MacRoman text music. Well... we may be manually handling style runs,  
but we still need to cue up the styles. :)

-Jeremy Parsons
http://alephmodular.sourceforge.net/