So, is this the same thing as the "paragraph" property? I find that this is also super useful.
Sincerely, Clarence Martin Email: chi...@themartinz.com Cell: 626 696-5561 -----Original Message----- From: use-livecode <use-livecode-boun...@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@lists.runrev.com> Cc: Mark Waddingham <m...@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 ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/ LiveCode: Everyone can create apps _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
