jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) (06/18/91)
Interestingly enough it appears that you cannot hilite multiple fields within TE package windows. I have an application where I would like to hilite various words in a body of text based on, let's say a list of locations and word lengths. It seems I'll have to go down to the quickdraw level to do this. Has anyone tackled this problem before? You got code sailor boy? It seems to be a problem comperable in difficulty to rewriting various parts of the TE package since I'll hav to calculate regions to highlite based on font, style, word length and height, etc. Any guidence from the Mac wizards out there? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ORGANIZATION: Advanced Decision Systems UUCP: kzin!speaker@mimsy.umd.edu INTERNET: jtn@potomac.ads.com SPOKEN: John T. Nelson PHONE: (703) 243-1611 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English) (06/19/91)
John T. Nelson writes in a message to All
JTN> Interestingly enough it appears that you cannot hilite multiple
JTN> fields within TE package windows. I have an application where
JTN> I would like to hilite various words in a body of text based
JTN> on, let's say a list of locations and word lengths.
I believe that the System 7 TE allows "outline hiliting" for inactive windows.
Perhaps you could fudge TE into thinking that an inactive TE field was part
of another window and have the outline available in various places. Then, perhaps,
you could re-define the outline hiliting to look just like the regular one (and
wouldn't THAT confuse a user).
Lawson
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