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class tbox {#class-tbox}

Represent text in a parbox object. Normally a tbox object is used to represent each word displayed in a parbox object.. Spaces are represented by hbox objects that can be stretched and allow for line-breaks.

Please note that tbox objects are reusable: they can occurr in multiple parboxes and at multiple locations at the same time.

See class parbox for an overview of XPCE's primitives for rendering documents.

Send methods {#class-tbox-send}

• tbox->initialise: text=char_array, style=[style] Creates a tbox object from the given text and style. The style object is used to specify the font, colour and underlining of the text.

Get methods {#class-tbox-get}

• tbox<-space: -> hbox Yield hbox object for a space compatible with the tbox object's <-style. This space has <-width equal to font <-advance of the font used by this tbox and <-rubber @space_rubber.

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