ps_show(3) [php man page]

PS_SHOW(3)								 1								PS_SHOW(3)

ps_show - Output text

SYNOPSIS

       bool ps_show (resource  $psdoc, string  $text)

DESCRIPTION

	Output	a  text  at  the  current text position. The text position can be set by storing the x and y coordinates into the values textx and
       texty with the function ps_set_value(3). The function will issue an error if a font was not set before with ps_setfont(3).

       ps_show(3) evaluates the following parameters and values as set by ps_set_parameter(3) and ps_set_value(3).

	      o charspacing (value)
		- Distance between two consecutive glyphs. If this value is unequal to zero then all ligatures will be resolved. Values less  than
		zero are allowed.

	      o kerning (parameter)
		- Setting this parameter to "false" will turn off kerning. Kerning is turned on by default.

	      o ligatures (parameter)
		- Setting this parameter to "false" will turn off the use of ligatures. Ligatures are turned on by default.

	      o underline (parameter)
		- Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on underlining. Underlining is turned off by default.

	      o overline (parameter)
		- Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on overlining. Overlining is turned off by default.

	      o strikeout (parameter)
		- Setting this parameter to "true" will turn on striking out. Striking out is turned off by default.

PARAMETERS

	      o $psdoc
		- Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new(3).

	      o $text
		- The text to be output.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

SEE ALSO

       ps_continue_text(3), ps_show_xy(3), ps_setfont(3).

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PS_GET_VALUE(3) 							 1							   PS_GET_VALUE(3)

ps_get_value - Gets certain values

SYNOPSIS

       float ps_get_value (resource  $psdoc, string  $name, [float  $modifier])

DESCRIPTION

       Gets several values which were set by ps_set_value(3). Values are by definition float values.

	The parameter $name can have the following values.

	      o fontsize - The size of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter $modifier.

	      o font - The currently active font itself.

	      o imagewidth - The width of the image whose id is passed in the parameter $modifier.

	      o imageheight - The height of the image whose id is passed in the parameter $modifier.

	      o capheight - The height of a capital M in the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter $modifier.

	      o ascender - The ascender of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter $modifier.

	      o descender - The descender of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter $modifier.

	      o italicangle - The italicangle of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter $modifier.

	      o underlineposition  - The underlineposition of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter $modi-
		fier.

	      o underlinethickness - The underlinethickness of the currently active font or the font whose identifier is passed in parameter $mod-
		ifier.

	      o textx - The current x-position for text output.

	      o texty - The current y-position for text output.

	      o textrendering - The current mode for text rendering.

	      o textrise - The space by which text is risen above the base line.

	      o leading - The distance between text lines in points.

	      o wordspacing - The space between words as a multiple of the width of a space char.

	      o charspacing - The space between chars. If charspacing is != 0.0 ligatures will always be dissolved.

	      o hyphenminchars - Minimum number of chars hyphenated at the end of a word.

	      o parindent - Indention of the first n line in a paragraph.

	      o numindentlines - Number of line in a paragraph to indent if parindent != 0.0.

	      o parskip - Distance between paragraphs.

	      o linenumberspace - Overall space in front of each line for the line number.

	      o linenumbersep - Space between the line and the line number.

	      o major - The major version number of pslib.

	      o minor - The minor version number of pslib.

	      o subminor, revision - The subminor version number of pslib.

PARAMETERS

	      o $psdoc
		- Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new(3).

	      o $name
		- Name of the value.

	      o $modifier
		- The parameter $modifier specifies the resource for which the value is to be retrieved. This can be the id of a font or an image.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the value of the parameter or FALSE.

SEE ALSO

       ps_set_value(3).

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