"RICHTEXT" and "TEXTBLOCK"

[TomWaltz]

Has anyone seen or used these new GDL commands yet?

I saw them in the GDL Manual, but could not find any trace of them in the object library.

I was hoping to find a little more context or application for them. I would love to think that RICHTEXT could have a use in making Zones appear in sections (if there was a 3D script in Zones.....)

[Anonymous]

F. wrote:
Where is SET STYLE{2} from? It is not described in the manual. After the syntax rules it means, that it's a second version of SET STYLE, but it's not described in the manual. What's the difference? Should it be used in RICHTEXT/PARAGRAPH-Context?

Hallo Frank,

look at the attached screenshot! Read all Red marked topics!
GS has written, but not well described & not easy organized that part of manuel.
Same problem if at the first time you try to understand different "3D Basic Shapes" (prisms, walls, etc.).

[Frank Beister]

Hello Zohrab,

thanks for your reply. But this I have not asked for. The commands you have linked to are well known, but if you read exactly the posting of Laura above you will mention, that she uses SET STYLE{2}, not SET STYLE. This command is as far as I can see not described in the printed, online or PDF manual, but it's obvisiously allowed.

Frank

[Anonymous]

I've actually been working on a block and I'd like to have some text that gets automatically... sized, I guess. To explain it in other words, I need to have some text that will always be displayed as 2 (or selectable number of) lines deep (i.e.: 2 words on top line & 2 on the bottom). I suppose a dimension string would be an example of this, where the top will always have the dimension and the bottom would have a qualifier (V.I.F., hold, etc).

Can this be done? If so, how? I've tried briefly playing around with the RICHTEXT and PARAGRAPH when I had some time (it's temporarily on hold now), but I couldn't find any setting that would let you limit/dictate the height of a paragraph. Am I missing something?