Re: [Inform] Font bug


Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:29:24 +0100

David Kinder (kinder@teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk) wrote:
> I seem to recall that the Designer's Manual commented that it was unwise to
> change proportional/fixed in the middle of a line, but I can't remember what
> the current advice is. As an addendum, calling set_font with either 1 or 4
> really should make the interpreter flush the text out of any internal buffers,
> no matter what.

Yes I've had another e-mail about this. Apparently, as you say, it's the
interpreter being naughty. The DM warns that some interpreters have problems
if one changes font or style in the middle of the line, but again I'm taking
the stance that they're old and wrong, and Standard ones should be able to
handle it.

-- 
Jools Arnold                                          jools@arnod.demon.co.uk