ChafaSymbolMap

ChafaSymbolMap — Describes a selection of textual symbols

Functions

Types and Values

Description

A ChafaSymbolMap describes a selection of the supported textual symbols that can be used in building a printable output string from a ChafaCanvas.

To create a new ChafaSymbolMap, use chafa_symbol_map_new(). You can then add symbols to it using chafa_symbol_map_add_by_tags() before copying it into a ChafaCanvasConfig using chafa_canvas_config_set_symbol_map().

Note that some symbols match multiple tags, so it makes sense to e.g. add symbols matching CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_BORDER and then removing symbols matching CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_DIAGONAL.

The number of available symbols is a significant factor in the speed of ChafaCanvas. For the fastest possible operation you could use a single symbol -- CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_VHALF works well by itself.

Functions

chafa_symbol_map_new ()

ChafaSymbolMap *
chafa_symbol_map_new (void);

Creates a new ChafaSymbolMap representing a set of Unicode symbols. The symbol map starts out empty.

Returns

The new symbol map

chafa_symbol_map_ref ()

void
chafa_symbol_map_ref (ChafaSymbolMap *symbol_map);

Adds a reference to symbol_map .

Parameters

symbol_map

Symbol map to add a reference to

 

chafa_symbol_map_unref ()

void
chafa_symbol_map_unref (ChafaSymbolMap *symbol_map);

Removes a reference from symbol_map . When remaining references drops to zero, the symbol map is freed and can no longer be used.

Parameters

symbol_map

Symbol map to remove a reference from

 

chafa_symbol_map_add_by_tags ()

void
chafa_symbol_map_add_by_tags (ChafaSymbolMap *symbol_map,
                              ChafaSymbolTags tags);

Adds symbols matching the set of tags to symbol_map .

Parameters

symbol_map

Symbol map to add symbols to

 

tags

Selector tags for symbols to add

 

chafa_symbol_map_remove_by_tags ()

void
chafa_symbol_map_remove_by_tags (ChafaSymbolMap *symbol_map,
                                 ChafaSymbolTags tags);

Removes symbols matching the set of tags from symbol_map .

Parameters

symbol_map

Symbol map to remove symbols from

 

tags

Selector tags for symbols to remove

 

Types and Values

CHAFA_SYMBOL_WIDTH_PIXELS

#define CHAFA_SYMBOL_WIDTH_PIXELS 8

The width of an internal symbol pixel matrix. If you are prescaling input graphics, you will get the best results when scaling to a multiple of this value.

CHAFA_SYMBOL_HEIGHT_PIXELS

#define CHAFA_SYMBOL_HEIGHT_PIXELS 8

The height of an internal symbol pixel matrix. If you are prescaling input graphics, you will get the best results when scaling to a multiple of this value.

enum ChafaSymbolTags

Members

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_NONE

Special value meaning no symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_SPACE

Space.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_SOLID

Solid (inverse of space).

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_STIPPLE

Stipple symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_BLOCK

Block symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_BORDER

Border symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_DIAGONAL

Diagonal border symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_DOT

Symbols that look like isolated dots.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_QUAD

Quadrant block symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_HHALF

Horizontal half block symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_VHALF

Vertical half block symbols.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_HALF

Joint set of horizontal and vertical halves.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_INVERTED

Symbols that are the inverse of simpler symbols. When two symbols complement each other, only one will have this tag.

 

CHAFA_SYMBOL_TAG_ALL

Special value meaning all supported symbols.

 

ChafaSymbolMap

typedef struct ChafaSymbolMap ChafaSymbolMap;