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PQTXF(3g)  —  Subroutines

Name

PQTXF − Returns text font information. 

Operating States: PHOP, ∗, ∗, ∗
PHIGS standard function
 

Syntax

PQTXF (WTYPE, N, ERRIND, NFPP, FONT, PREC, NCHH, MINCHH, MAXCHH,
NCHX, MINCHX, MAXCHX, NPTXI)

Argument          Data Type      Access    Description
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
WTYPE             Integer        Read      Workstation type
N                 Integer        Read      Sequence number of the list
                                           element requested
ERRIND            Integer        Write     Error indicator
NFPP              Integer        Write     Number of text font and
                                           precision pairs
FONT              Integer        Write     Nth element of the list of text
                                           fonts
PREC              Integer        Write     Nth element of the list of text
                                           precisions
NCHH              Integer        Write     Number of available character
                                           heights
MINCHH            Real           Write     Minimum character height, in
                                           device coordinates
MAXCHH            Real           Write     Maximum character height, in
                                           device coordinates
NCHX              Integer        Write     Number of available character
                                           expansion factors
MINCHX            Real           Write     Minimum character expansion
                                           factor
MAXCHX            Real           Write     Maximum character expansion
                                           factor
NPTXI             Integer        Write     Number of predefined text
                                           indexes
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Constants

Defined Argument     Constant     Description
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
PREC                 PSTRP        String precision.  Digital PHIGS evaluates
                                  character height and width attributes.
                     PCHARP       Character precision.  Digital PHIGS
                                  evaluates each character for compliance
                                  with all other specified text attributes.
                     PSTRKP       Stroke precision.  Digital PHIGS looks for
                                  exact compliance with all specified text
                                  attributes.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Description

PQTXF queries the workstation description table and returns values for the following:

•List of text font and precision pairs

•Number of available character heights

•Range of character heights in device coordinates

•Number of available character expansion factors in device coordinates

•Range of available character expansion factors in device coordinates

•Number of predefined text indexes

See Also

PQPTXR
PQPTXP
PSCHH
PSCHSP
PSTXFN
PSTXPR
PSTXR
PSTXRP
PTX
PTX3

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