fxruby users - Apr 2010 - How can you bold the text in a label?

I''m having some difficulty trying to bold the text in a FXLabel object.
The
catch is that I *don''t* want to specify a font.

Is it possible to tell the text to use a bold style without specifying the
font?  I''d like the app to use the bold style of whatever system font
is in
use by default.

Is it possible to do this?
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2010/4/15 Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at
gmail.com>:
> I''m having some difficulty trying to bold the text in a FXLabel
object. ?The
> catch is that I *don''t* want to specify a font.
> Is it possible to tell the text to use a bold style without specifying the
> font? ?I''d like the app to use the bold style of whatever system
font is in
> use by default.
Have you tried to use nil/empty string font face and use font style
hint "System"? Or try any font together with the hint?

I haven''t tried it myself, but according to docs it might work.

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I''m not at my development computer right now so I can''t tell
you the exact
code I tried, but I can say that, yes, I did try to use a nil/empty string
font face and Ruby choked on it -- didn''t like it.

I tried "system" as a font face and that *really* didn''t do
what I wanted
either! =)

I entered "arial" and then the one label font changed - I had
forgotten that
the default system font is not Arial.  So the one label really stands out
now because it''s a totally different font.. which is not what I want.

I don''t want to hard-code a font that is different from the system
font,
especially if the app will run on different platforms and I don''t know
what
the default fonts will be.

I can try some other variations tonight.  I''ve already spent over 4
hours on
this and haven''t gotten it to work.  Maybe I just needed a break to see
something that I''ve missed.

I thought it would be something that would have come up by now.. I''ve
seen
lots of apps where a label is bolded to indicate a required field.  I just
haven''t found any FXRuby examples of this *without* also specifying the
font
at the same time.

Cheers.  P.


2010/4/15 Bartosz Dziewo?ski :
>
> Have you tried to use nil/empty string font face and use font style
> hint "System"? Or try any font together with the hint?
>
> I haven''t tried it myself, but according to docs it might work.
>
>
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There are definitely better ways of doing this, but here is a basic example:

Begin code
-----------------

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

require ''rubygems''
require ''fox16''

include Fox

class SimpleWindow < FXMainWindow
  def initialize(app)
    super(app, "My Simple Window", :opts => DECOR_ALL,
      :width => 640, :height => 480)

    draw_widgets()
  end

  def draw_widgets()
    label = FXLabel.new(self, "This is my label that is normal.")
    label.font = FXFont.new(getApp(), select_font())

    label2 = FXLabel.new(self, "This is my label that is bold.")
    label2.font = FXFont.new(getApp(), select_font(FONTWEIGHT_BOLD))

  end

  def select_font(weight = FONTWEIGHT_NORMAL)
    f = FXFontDesc.new()
    f.encoding = FONTENCODING_DEFAULT
    f.face = "Helvetica"
    f.flags = 0
    f.setwidth = FONTSETWIDTH_WIDE
    f.size = 100
    f.slant = FONTSLANT_REGULAR
    f.weight = weight

    return (f)
  end

  def create()
    super()
    show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
  end
end

if(__FILE__ == $0)
  app = FXApp.new("Example", "Example")
  win = SimpleWindow.new(app)

  app.create()
  app.run()
end

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I Hope this helps!
http://www.fxruby.org/doc/api/classes/Fox/FXFont.html

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at
gmail.com>wrote:
> I''m not at my development computer right now so I can''t
tell you the exact
> code I tried, but I can say that, yes, I did try to use a nil/empty string
> font face and Ruby choked on it -- didn''t like it.
>
> I tried "system" as a font face and that *really* didn''t
do what I wanted
> either! =)
>
> I entered "arial" and then the one label font changed - I had
forgotten
> that the default system font is not Arial.  So the one label really stands
> out now because it''s a totally different font.. which is not what
I want.
>
> I don''t want to hard-code a font that is different from the system
font,
> especially if the app will run on different platforms and I don''t
know what
> the default fonts will be.
>
> I can try some other variations tonight.  I''ve already spent over
4 hours
> on this and haven''t gotten it to work.  Maybe I just needed a
break to see
> something that I''ve missed.
>
> I thought it would be something that would have come up by now..
I''ve seen
> lots of apps where a label is bolded to indicate a required field.  I just
> haven''t found any FXRuby examples of this *without* also
specifying the font
> at the same time.
>
> Cheers.  P.
>
>
> 2010/4/15 Bartosz Dziewo?ski :
>
>
>> Have you tried to use nil/empty string font face and use font style
>> hint "System"? Or try any font together with the hint?
>>
>> I haven''t tried it myself, but according to docs it might
work.
>>
>>
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sorry, I missed that one line where you said you didn''t want to specify
the
font.. You could probably just use the code I posted and use self.font.font
instead of "Helvetica" ... This would use whatever FXMainWindow is
using,
which is most likely the OS''s default font... Good Luck!

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Joey Kinsella <
jkinsella at ancillaryservices.com> wrote:
> There are definitely better ways of doing this, but here is a basic
> example:
>
> Begin code
> -----------------
>
> #! /usr/bin/env ruby
>
> require ''rubygems''
> require ''fox16''
>
> include Fox
>
> class SimpleWindow < FXMainWindow
>   def initialize(app)
>     super(app, "My Simple Window", :opts => DECOR_ALL,
>       :width => 640, :height => 480)
>
>     draw_widgets()
>   end
>
>   def draw_widgets()
>     label = FXLabel.new(self, "This is my label that is normal.")
>     label.font = FXFont.new(getApp(), select_font())
>
>     label2 = FXLabel.new(self, "This is my label that is bold.")
>     label2.font = FXFont.new(getApp(), select_font(FONTWEIGHT_BOLD))
>
>   end
>
>   def select_font(weight = FONTWEIGHT_NORMAL)
>     f = FXFontDesc.new()
>     f.encoding = FONTENCODING_DEFAULT
>     f.face = "Helvetica"
>     f.flags = 0
>     f.setwidth = FONTSETWIDTH_WIDE
>     f.size = 100
>     f.slant = FONTSLANT_REGULAR
>     f.weight = weight
>
>     return (f)
>
>   end
>
>   def create()
>     super()
>     show(PLACEMENT_SCREEN)
>   end
> end
>
> if(__FILE__ == $0)
>   app = FXApp.new("Example", "Example")
>   win = SimpleWindow.new(app)
>
>   app.create()
>   app.run()
> end
>
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> End Code...
>
> I Hope this helps!
> http://www.fxruby.org/doc/api/classes/Fox/FXFont.html
>
> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Paul Carvalho <tester.paul at
gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I''m not at my development computer right now so I
can''t tell you the exact
>> code I tried, but I can say that, yes, I did try to use a nil/empty
string
>> font face and Ruby choked on it -- didn''t like it.
>>
>> I tried "system" as a font face and that *really*
didn''t do what I wanted
>> either! =)
>>
>> I entered "arial" and then the one label font changed - I had
forgotten
>> that the default system font is not Arial.  So the one label really
stands
>> out now because it''s a totally different font.. which is not
what I want.
>>
>> I don''t want to hard-code a font that is different from the
system font,
>> especially if the app will run on different platforms and I
don''t know what
>> the default fonts will be.
>>
>> I can try some other variations tonight.  I''ve already spent
over 4 hours
>> on this and haven''t gotten it to work.  Maybe I just needed a
break to see
>> something that I''ve missed.
>>
>> I thought it would be something that would have come up by now..
I''ve seen
>> lots of apps where a label is bolded to indicate a required field.  I
just
>> haven''t found any FXRuby examples of this *without* also
specifying the font
>> at the same time.
>>
>> Cheers.  P.
>>
>>
>> 2010/4/15 Bartosz Dziewo?ski :
>>
>>
>>> Have you tried to use nil/empty string font face and use font style
>>> hint "System"? Or try any font together with the hint?
>>>
>>> I haven''t tried it myself, but according to docs it might
work.
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> fxruby-users mailing list
>> fxruby-users at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/fxruby-users
>>
>
>
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