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(Solved) Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 15:38
by mboeni
Hi all
Can anyone point me towards a formatting tags reference or tutorial? Haven't found much myself yet
Cheers,
Michael
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 15:40
by IR3uL
What do you mean with formatting tags?
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 15:47
by mboeni
CEGUI offers text formatting. Check out this thread:
http://www.cegui.org.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4855&start=0I just have not found a reference or tut for it
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 16:38
by IR3uL
The thread you pointed explains how to use it (a tutorial? =D). As for reference, maybe this helps
http://www.cegui.org.uk/docs/current/classCEGUI_1_1BasicRenderedStringParser.htmlI know is not much but a list of properties is a start. You can have a look at CEGUIBasicRenderedStringParser.h/cpp too. I made a few quick tests and it seems simple to use.
Also, if you have time, you can arrange a wiki article about this
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 17:12
by mboeni
The "how" is not really an issue
I'm more into the '"what's possible". The class reference is certainly a start, thanks!
And yes, if i find enough info I can create a wiki article
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 17:25
by IR3uL
Check this video
It's a bit outdated (+1 year i think) but it's a nice demo of the string formatting caps. Some trial & error should do the rest.
Have fun!
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 13:56
by mboeni
Hi mate!
As promised, I have written a tutorial about tags
Here you go:
http://www.cegui.org.uk/wiki/index.php/Formatting_Tags_in_CEGUIEnjoy! Feedback welcome!
Cheers,
Michael
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 14:03
by Kulik
Nicely written! You seem to have some doc writing skills
This is what CEGUI lacks IMO. It has docs aimed at advanced developers but no beginner material taking people step by step over concepts.
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 14:09
by mboeni
Thanks
Thats why I wrote it. Im still a (bloody) CEGUI newbie but I'm catching on
And its definitely not my last tutorial.
Re: Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 15:54
by IR3uL
Yay! nice work man!
Re: (Solved) Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 16:49
by Jamarr
Looks good so far. This should definitely help people understand how to use these tags. I briefly skimmed over it and noticed a few things:
- You use colour and color - stick to colour since that is what CEGUI uses
- You do not "need to have" font files; fonts can be created dynamically in code via the CEGUI::FontManager - using the .font files is good for a beginner tutorial, but don't make them sound like a requirement; perhaps change "Font formatting is a bit more involved as you need to have the actual fonts and the ‘font’ XML files defined for each style." > "Font formatting is a bit more involved. The simple approach is to define fonts in ‘font’ XML files for each style."
- Your first example of embedding an image seems to be missing an apostrophe: [image=set:<imageset> image:<image>']
- Under Image Size, the second sentence starts "The sized" s/b "The sizes"
- Under Vertical Alignment, the word Tag is capitalized when it does not need to be
- embed the defined window...into you string > into the string
Filling in those screenshots will be a nice touch; I wonder if embedding the YouTube video would be useful?
Re: (Solved) Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 17:24
by mboeni
You use colour and color - stick to colour since that is what CEGUI uses
--> Done
You do not "need to have" font files; fonts can be created dynamically in code via the CEGUI::FontManager - using the .font files is good for a beginner tutorial, but don't make them sound like a requirement; perhaps change "Font formatting is a bit more involved as you need to have the actual fonts and the ‘font’ XML files defined for each style." > "Font formatting is a bit more involved. The simple approach is to define fonts in ‘font’ XML files for each style."
--> Feel free to add this to the tutorial.
Your first example of embedding an image seems to be missing an apostrophe: [image=set:<imageset> image:<image>']
--> Done
Under Image Size, the second sentence starts "The sized" s/b "The sizes"
--> Done
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Under Vertical Alignment, the word Tag is capitalized when it does not need to be--> Done
embed the defined window...into you string > into the string
--> Done
Re: (Solved) Formatting Tags reference
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 13:06
by CrazyEddie
Thanks for your efforts here; I like it
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