Author: greg.ercolano
Date: 2009-09-19 15:09:00 -0700 (Sat, 19 Sep 2009)
New Revision: 6889
Log:
Updated docs for Fl_Multiline_XXX to reference 'new' Fl_Text_XXXX
widgets which have scrollbars and per-character color controls.
This solves part of STR #2226 (item submitted 02:26 Jul 24, 2009).
Modified:
branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H
branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H
Modified: branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H
===================================================================
--- branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H 2009-09-19 21:16:21 UTC (rev
6888)
+++ branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H 2009-09-19 22:09:00 UTC (rev
6889)
@@ -38,11 +38,15 @@
This input field displays '\n' characters as new lines rather than ^J,
and accepts the Return, Tab, and up and down arrow keys. This is for
editing multiline text.
- <P>This is far from the nirvana of text editors, and is probably only
- good for small bits of text, 10 lines at most. I think FLTK can be
- used to write a powerful text editor, but it is not going to be a
- built-in feature. Powerful text editors in a toolkit are a big source
- of bloat.
+ <P>
+ This is far from the nirvana of text editors, and is probably only
+ good for small bits of text, 10 lines at most. Note that this widget
+ does not support scrollbars or per-character color control.
+ <P>
+ If you are presenting large amounts of text and need scrollbars
+ or full color control of characters, you probably want Fl_Text_Editor
+ instead.
+ <P>
*/
class Fl_Multiline_Input : public Fl_Input {
public:
Modified: branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H
===================================================================
--- branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H 2009-09-19 21:16:21 UTC
(rev 6888)
+++ branches/branch-1.3/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H 2009-09-19 22:09:00 UTC
(rev 6889)
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
This widget is a subclass of Fl_Output that displays multiple
lines of text. It also displays tab characters as whitespace to the
next column.
+ <P>
+ Note that this widget does not support scrollbars, or per-character
+ color control.
+ <P>
+ If you are presenting large amounts of read-only text
+ and need scrollbars, or full color control of characters,
+ then use Fl_Text_Display. If you want to display HTML text,
+ use Fl_Help_View.
*/
class Fl_Multiline_Output : public Fl_Output {
public:
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