| Re: multiple line title in window [message #64539] |
Tue, 06 January 2009 11:33 |
Foldy Lajos
Messages: 268
Registered: October 2001
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Mark wrote:
> Hello,
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> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I was wondering if there's an
> *easy* way to make a multiple line title for a direct graphics window
> in an x-windows system. Something along the lines of...
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> window,3,title='top line !c bottom line'
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> The !c works for a plot title, of course, but it seems to be just
> another character as regards a window title.
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> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
window, title='first line'+string(10b)+'second line'
But it will be ugly. There is not enough space for two lines in the title.
(And it depends on your window manager's handling of the \n character.)
regards,
lajos
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| Re: multiple line title in window [message #64540 is a reply to message #64539] |
Tue, 06 January 2009 11:22  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Mark writes:
> Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I was wondering if there's an
> *easy* way to make a multiple line title for a direct graphics window
> in an x-windows system. Something along the lines of...
>
> window,3,title='top line !c bottom line'
>
> The !c works for a plot title, of course, but it seems to be just
> another character as regards a window title.
Not possible, as far as I know.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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