[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Help! C programmers
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 08:25:54 -0500
The change is beter in centerHeadFoot, because it takes account of page
numbers. For example, if there is no page number at the top of the page
a header will have more room.
John
On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 02:07:12PM +0200, Bert Frees wrote:
> I think the small change in centerHeadFoot, or probably better, in
> set_runninghead_string, is exactly what's Paul is looking for, but he's
> having trouble understanding what widechar is all about.
>
> What about something like this? I haven't tested it.
>
> =============================================================
> transcriber.c, line 987:
> =============================================================
> int
> truncate (widechar * char, int length, int max_length)
> {
> if (length <= max_length)
> return length;
> for (length = max_length; length > 0; length--)
> if (char[length] == ' ')
> return length;
> return max_length;
> }
>
> void
> set_runninghead_string (widechar * chars, int length)
> {
> ud->running_head_length = truncate (chars, length, ud->cells_per_line -
> 9);
> memcpy (ud->running_head, chars, ud->running_head_length * CHARSIZE);
> }
> =============================================================
>
>
>
> 2013/8/7 John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Paul,
> >
> > I'm not sure what you are trying to do. A relatively small change to the
> > centerHeadFoot function would be enough to shorten the length to just
> > before the last space. It seems to me that you could also determine if
> > the header is too long by using the lou_allround tool. It will show you
> > the translation. The length of the translation should not be more than
> > the number of cells per line minus 10. That will give you a better
> > header than letting a long one be truncated, even to the last space.
> >
> > I hope this really is of help.
> >
> > John
> >
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