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text.datatype/text.datatype
text.datatype/text.datatype                       text.datatype/text.datatype

    NAME
	text.datatype -- Root data type for text.

    FUNCTION
	The text.datatype is the super-class for any text related classes.

    METHODS
	OM_NEW -- Create a new text object.

	OM_GET -- Obtain the value of an attribute.

	OM_SET -- Set the values of multiple attributes.

	OM_UPDATE -- Update the values of multiple attributes.

	OM_DISPOSE -- Dispose of a text object.

	GM_LAYOUT -- Layout the object and notify the application of the
	    title and size.

	GM_HITTEST -- Determine if the object has been hit with the
	    mouse.

	GM_GOACTIVE -- Tell the object to go active.

	GM_HANDLEINPUT -- Handle input.

	GM_RENDER -- Cause the text to render.

	DTM_PROCLAYOUT -- Layout (remap) the text on the application's
	    process.

	DTM_FRAMEBOX -- Obtain the display environment that the text
	    requires.

	DTM_SELECT -- Select an area in the text.

	DTM_CLEARSELECTED -- Deselect the selected area of the text.

	DTM_COPY -- Copy the selected area of the text to the clipboard
	    as FTXT.  If no area is selected, then the entire text
	    is copied.

	DTM_PRINT -- Print the selected area of the text.  If no area
	    is selected, then the entire text is printed.

	DTM_WRITE -- Write the selected area of the text to a file.
	    If no area is selected, then the entire text is saved.

    TAGS
	DTA_TextAttr (struct TextAttr *) -- Text attribute to use for
	    the text.

	    Applicability is (ISG).

	DTA_TextFont (struct TextFont *) -- Text font to use for
	    the text.

	    Applicability is (G).

	TDTA_Buffer (STRPTR) -- Pointer to the text data.

	    Applicability is (ISG).

	TDTA_BufferLen (ULONG) -- Length of text data.

	    Applicability is (ISG).

	TDTA_LineList (struct List *) -- List of lines.  The elements
	    of the list are Line structures (see <datatype/textclass.h>

	    Applicability is (G).

	TDTA_WordSelect (STRPTR) -- Word that has been double-clicked on.

	    Applicability is (NU).

	TDTA_WordDelim (STRPTR) -- Characters used deliminate words.

	    Applicability is (IS).

	TDTA_WordWrap (BOOL) -- Used to turn word wrap on and off.
	    Defaults to off.

	    Applicability is (ISG).

    SEE ALSO
	ascii.datatype


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