1. Yes that's a bad javadoc closing tag placement. 2. What it is trying to say is that if you have text that needs Bidi, then use the java.text.Bidi analysis to break it into runs, each of which can then be used with layoutGlyphVector. This does mean you'd have multiple GVs you'd have to draw individually.
3. This may seem tricky but 99.99% of apps don't go near here .. it was only added in 1.4 http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4403152 has some background on this relatively recent origin of layoutGlyphVector. So most apps use drawString will automatically handle Bidi by under the covers invoking TextLayout. In fact a lot of typical desktop apps don't even call drawString directly : they set text on a Component. -Phil. Peter B. West wrote:
The API docs for java.awt.Font.layoutGlyphVector(...) have a slight bug. The underlying text reads: -quote- <DD>Returns a new <code>GlyphVector</code> object, performing full layout of the text if possible. Full layout is required for complex text, such as Arabic or Hindi. Support for different scripts depends on the font and implementation. <p Layout requires bidi analysis, as performed by ><code>Bidi</code>, and should only be performed on text that has a uniform direction. -endquote- This is confusing. It says that layout requires bidi analysis, but then appears to be saying that if, following this analysis, there is any mixed bidi text, you can't use layoutGlyphVector. Is this correct? Does this mean that I must perform the bidi analysis, then iterate through the paragraph, calling layoutGlyphVector on each of the fragments in turn? Peter -- Peter B. West <http://cv.pbw.id.au/> Folio <http://defoe.sourceforge.net/folio/> --- [This E-mail has been scanned for viruses but it is your responsibility to maintain up to date anti virus software on the device that you are currently using to read this email. ] =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA2D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
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