Re: pango text size

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 16:30 +0200, Richard Boaz wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i have no idea if i do this correctly myself (comments?), but the way  
> i have achieved this is with the following code:
> 
> int fontSIZE(char *str, gboolean type)

type is not a boolean.

> PangoLayout *layout = pango_layout_new (gtk_widget_get_pango_context 

> pango_layout_set_text(layout, str, -1);
> pango_layout_set_font_description(layout, desc);
> pango_layout_get_pixel_size (layout, &width, &height);

> but i'm with you, it would seem to me there should be an easier way  
> of getting these values, in that, requiring to know the width/height  
> of a string strikes me as crucial information if you're rendering  
> text to a drawing area where the location of other stuff in the  
> drawing area is dependent on the size of other displayed text.

which steps do you think can be dropped?

	a) create an object (layout) that understands fonts+text
	b) tell the object about the text you want to measure
	c) tell it the font you want to use
	d) ask for the size
	e) clean up