David Bovill wrote/ schreef:
> Sjoerd wrote:
>> Stil waiting for this option, again: Who wants to work together to make a
>> nice script/ external for this?
> Possibly. Thinking of it mores as linked fields, with text flowing from one
> to another (as in Quark Express). Did this in HyperCard ages ago, and it
> would be *much* easier in Metacard.
>
> I haven't played with the formattedHeight/width etc properties yet, so I am
> sure there is someone on the list who knows how to do this much better than
> me...
>
> I think a starting place would be to create a function which can take a
> field of any dimensions, a nice big chunk of text, and figure out where to
> cut the text so as the maximum number of words fits into the field. Even
> better would be to have the keeplinestogether, or similar options, but for
> now...
I don't quite understand your script below, but I think I have the same idea
as you in mind. I would think of a script and a layout like this:
Layout:
------------------------¬
| Field "t1" |
| |
------------------------¬
| Image 1 | Field "t2"|
| | |
| |-----------¬
| | Image 2 |
------------------------¬
|Field "t3"| Img. |Fld. |
| | 3 |"t4" |
-------------------------
-- And there is also an invisible field "MeanText" with the whole text
-- in it.
We would need the following handlers:
- createFields -- creates the fields in the right order and maybe according
to the props of images and players. Ran every time the
place and/or the size and/or the existence of images and/
or players changes.
- distributeText -- distributes the MeanText over all (already existing)
fields. Ran every time the text changes.
+ getTextBack -- gets the fields back (into MeanText)
+ refillFields -- puts the whole MeanText into field "t1", and cuts the
not-fitting text, and puts that into field "t2", and so
on.
I think that the createFields handler is the most difficult one to make.
Also a demo-stack has to be made. Volunteers for any of these?
> function wordNumOfOverflow fldObject, someText
> ...
> return wordNum
> end wordNumOfOverflow
>
> Also not sure about the implications/possibility of using styled/htmlText...
> anyway I think this is the key function?
Hoping for any volunteers,
Sjoerd
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