Re: [MacPerl] estimating printed width of some text

[Matthias Ulrich Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

bart.mediamind@tornado.be (Bart Lateur) writes:
>There might even be a Toolbox call that will calculate the printed width
>for the whole string. I know that Windows (even 3.1) has such an API
>call. Is there an equivalent for the Mac?

Try Mac::QuickDraw::StringWidth, but be sure to set up a valid GrafPort before
calling it.

>More general question: what is the recommended way of converting source
>code found in Inside Macintosch, into MacPerl calls?

 - Look whether the call already exists.
 - If it does, look how the calling conventions differ & use it.
 - If it doesn't, complain to the list. The squeaky Toolbox Manager gets the
   glue, eventually. 

Matthias

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