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Granny Text Strings

Jeremy Faden edited this page May 2, 2021 · 9 revisions

"Granny Strings" are from IDL are supported, so !A will move the pen up, and !N will return to its original level. Over the years support for additional controls has been added, namely some support for HTML, like <br>, and LaTeX is planned.
Color control strings are added which can modify the graphics context. And beyond that, Java/Jython codes can be plugged in which allows any customization.

A table of example control strings and their rendering follows.

Label Text codes used Rendering
cm!A2 !A is shift up
cm!A2!nSM!BX!n !n is return, !B is shift down
Bulk!cFlow !c is newline
Bulk<br>Flow <br> is also newline
Flow !(color;blue)Positive!(color) !(color;red)Negative!(color) colors, note no argument
returns to default color
!(color;SaddleBrown)&#9608;!(color) Brown Points Unicode block used,
to show color
SVG Colors
&Delta;M Parameter HTML Entities Table
&#9742; 555-1212 HTML Entities
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