strwidth(3G) strwidth(3G)
NAME
strwidth, lstrwidth - returns the width of the specified text string
C SPECIFICATION
long strwidth(str)
String str;
long lstrwidth(type,str)
long type;
void *str;
PARAMETERS
type expects the type of this string. See the man page for charstr
for a description of the type argument.
str expects the pointer to the string to be measured.
DESCRIPTION
strwidth and lstrwidth return the width of a text string in pixels, using
the character spacing parameters of the current raster font. These
functions are useful when doing a simple mapping from screen space to
world space.
Undefined characters have zero width.
SEE ALSO
charstr, deflfont, defrasterfont, getlwidth, lcharstr, mapw, mapw2
NOTE
These routines are available only in immediate mode.
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