XMTEXTGETCENTERLINE(3)

✨ XmTextGetCenterline ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the XmTextGetCenterline manual page — it's a library call from the XmText crew, and we're about to get so cozy with it. 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

XmTextGetCenterline — returns the height (length) of a character string when the writing direction is vertical. no cap, that's literally what it says. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

       #include <Xm/Text.h>
       int XmTextGetCenterline(
       Widget widget);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, XmTextGetCenterline goes and accesses the x position of the centerline in the Text widget — and it's relative to the x position of the top of the widget. it's giving very precise, very demure. ✨

• widget — specifies the Text widget ID. that's the one and only argument, bestie. 🫶

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💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

okay so here's the tea ☕:

• In the case of horizontal writing, this function accesses 0. literally zero. nada. 🍩
• In the case of vertical writing, this function accesses the x position of the first centerline in the Text widget, relative to the x position of the left of the widget. and the calculation? it takes into account:
  • the margin width
  • shadow thickness
  • highlight thickness
  • and a half of font width of the first font(set) in the fontlist used for drawing text

so it's doing the math, mathing. 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• XmText(3)
• XmTextGetBaseline(3)

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and that's the whole vibe, bestie. this iconic little page came from the XmTextGetCenterline(library call) manual — go forth and centerline responsibly. 💖✨🎀