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NFloattext.mcc/NFloattext.mcc
NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_Align
NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_Justify
NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_SkipChars
NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_TabSize
NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_Text
NFloattext.mcc/MUIM_NFloattext_GetEntry

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NFloattext.mcc/NFloattext.mcc

NFloattext class is a subclass of NList class that takes
a big text string as input and splits it up into several
lines to be dislayed. Formatting capabilities include
paragraphs an justified text with word wrap. That MCC
public custom class work near the same way as Floattext.

All you can do with NFloattext can be done directly using
NList and its word wrap capabilities. NFloattext is here
to give easy use and transition from Floattext.

Now NList package provide a Floattext.mui replacement
which use directly this class. Unfortunately the
repacement Floattext.mui have to have the same major release
number than original Floattext.mui to be accepted by MUI,
so it will have to be update with each new MUI remease. :(

By default, MUIA_NList_Input is FALSE and MUIA_NList_TypeSelect
is MUIV_NList_TypeSelect_Char, alowing char selection and copy
to clipboard. If you set MUIA_NList_Input to TRUE, then
MUIA_NList_TypeSelect default to MUIV_NList_TypeSelect_Line as
usual.

NFloattext don't copy the string text, so it needs to copy
the string line to a buffer when you do a MUIM_NFloattext_GetEntry
or MUIM_List_GetEntry, so the return pointer will be invalid
after next GetEntry call (the new one will be valid of course).

Using the old MUIA_Floattext_Text from standard Floadtext class
instead of MUIA_NFloattext_Text will make NFloattext copy
the text like in Floattext class.

Note that MUIM_NList_GetEntry work as describe in NList, so
as NFloattext use word wrap entries, you should use better
MUIM_NFloattext_GetEntry or MUIM_List_GetEntry. Or use
MUIM_NList_GetEntryInfo and MUIM_NList_GetEntry.

Author: Gilles Masson (c) 1996-1997 email: masson@iut-soph.unice.fr


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NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_Align

MUIA_NFloattext_Align -- [ISG], LONG

SPECIAL INPUTS
ALIGN_LEFT
ALIGN_CENTER
ALIGN_RIGHT
ALIGN_JUSTIFY

Indicate what alignment you want.
It can be done with an escape alignment sequence
in the Format preparse string or in the text string
(for each linefeed separated lines) itself.

setting it will set MUIA_NFloattext_Justify to
TRUE if ALIGN_JUSTIFY, else to FALSE.

SEE ALSO
MUIA_NFloattext_Justify
MUIA_NList_Format


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NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_Justify

MUIA_NFloattext_Justify -- [ISG], BOOL

Same as Floattext.mui/MUIA_Floattext_Justify.

if TRUE, MUIA_NFloattext_Align will be set to
ALIGN_JUSTIFY, else to ALIGN_LEFT.

SEE ALSO
MUIA_NFloattext_Align
MUIA_NList_Format


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NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_SkipChars

MUIA_NFloattext_SkipChars -- [ISG], char *

Same as NList.mcc/MUIA_NList_SkipChars
and Floattext.mui/MUIA_Floattext_SkipChars.

SEE ALSO
MUIA_NList_SkipChars
MUIA_Floattext_SkipChars


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NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_TabSize

MUIA_NFloattext_TabSize -- [ISG], LONG

Same as NList.mcc/MUIA_NList_TabSize
and Floattext.mui/MUIA_Floattext_TabSize.

Tab size defaults to 8.

SEE ALSO
MUIA_NList_TabSize
MUIA_Floattext_TabSize


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NFloattext.mcc/MUIA_NFloattext_Text

MUIA_NFloattext_Text -- [ISG], STRPTR

Same as Floattext.mui/MUIA_Floattext_Text.

String of characters to be displayed as floattext.
This string may contain linefeeds or carriage retruns to mark
the end of paragraphs or tab characters for indention.

NFloattext will automatically format the text according
to the width of the NFloattext object. If a word
won't fit into the current line, it will be wrapped.

NFloattext don't copies the string into a private buffer
as Floattext do it, so you need to keep your text in
memory, but it uses less memory.

If you want NFloattext to copy the text, just use
MUIA_Floattext_Text which will do it for compatibility.

Setting MUIA_NFloattext_Text to NULL means to clear
the current text.

Please note that justification and word wrap is a
complicated operation and may take a considerable
amount of time, especially with long texts on slow
machines.



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NFloattext.mcc/MUIM_NFloattext_GetEntry

MUIM_NFloattext_GetEntry --

SYNOPSIS
DoMethod(obj,MUIM_NFloattext_GetEntry,LONG pos, APTR *entry);

Same function as List.mui/MUIM_List_GetEntry.

You'll get pointer to a null terminated string buffer which
is a copy of the asked visible entry.

Unlike with Floattext, the returned string will be valid only
until next MUIM_NFloattext_GetEntry/MUIM_List_GetEntry call
if the entry was word wrapped.
I'll try to make it stay valid when using MUIM_List_GetEntry
only if someone report me some compatibility problem because
doing that will use more memory.

SEE ALSO
MUIM_NList_GetEntry
MUIM_NList_GetEntryInfo
MUIM_List_GetEntry