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RGtk2 (version 2.8.8)

gdkTextMeasure: gdkTextMeasure

Description

Determines the distance from the origin to the rightmost portion of a string when drawn. This is not the correct value for determining the origin of the next portion when drawing text in multiple pieces. See gdkTextWidth. WARNING: gdk_text_measure is deprecated and should not be used in newly-written code.

Usage

gdkTextMeasure(object, text, text.length = -1)

Arguments

object
text
[character] the text to measure.
text.length
[integer] the length of the text in bytes.

Value

  • [integer] the right bearing of the string in pixels.