What is the difference between "character formatting" and "layout formatting" here? On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 5:02 AM, Ian Puleston <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Milosz Derezynski [mailto:internalerror@xxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5:24 PM >> >> You can use gtk_label_set_markup() and set the internal Layout of the >> Label using Pango markup, or use gtk_label_get_layout() (it's safe to >> call this function without realizing the widget first); that way >> actually have the Label's/a PangoLayout and can modify it as you were >> used to. There's also gtk_label_get/set_attributes() by which you >> don't need to get the actual Layout but that runs down to the same >> thing. > > Thanks, I'll look into using gtk_label_get_layout(). > > But on the suggestion to use gtk_label_set_markup, that's actually what I meant below when I said "with Pango meta formatting" (sorry, was working on something else and got the terminology confused, I meant markup formatting). From what I see of the Pango Markup language it doesn't seem to provide for formatting the layout, just for character formatting, or am I missing something? > > Ian > >> 2008/10/30 Ian Puleston <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> > The GtkLabel supports setting a Pango attributes list or text with >> Pango >> > meta formatting, but that is all character formatting. I think I >> could >> > achieve what I want using a Pango layout, but I can't see any way to >> use >> > that with a GtkLabel. > > > -- Please note that according to the German law on data retention, information on every electronic information exchange with me is retained for a period of six months. [Bitte beachten Sie, dass dem Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung zufolge jeder elektronische Kontakt mit mir sechs Monate lang gespeichert wird.] _______________________________________________ gtk-list mailing list gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
