The computation of length on screen depend in particular of the computation of the size of an em. Many places of the code used to rely on the width of the M character, which is not really correct:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Em_%28typography%29
In digital typography, the best value to use is the point size of the font.
* Implement FontMetrics::em(), which returns the value in pixels of the EM unit.
Convert code to use it.
* Introduce Length::inPixel(MetricsBase const &), which takes the textwidth and em information from the MetricsBase object. Convert code to use it.
* Fix several places where Length::inPixel is used without a proper em value.
* add mathed_font_em() helper function. It should eventually be removed like some other functions in MathSupport.
* Add dummy implementation of FontMetrics to tex2lyx for linking purposes.
The old implementation of Row::Element::pos2x and x2pos did not work
correctly with Arabic text, because characters can have shapes that
depend on context.
This new implementation leverages QTextLayout in a simplified way,
since only one word is added to the layout.
This allows to make Row::Element::x2pos more readable.
Fixes: #9115.
* Font::FontBits -> FontInfo
* Font::FONT_XXX -> all enums transfered to FontEnums.h and renamed to FontXxx
I've replaced Font uses with FontInfo were the language() member was not needed, basically all draw() and metrics methods. There's one problematic cases with InsetQuotes which I solved by taking the Buffer main language.
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* FontMetrics.h: only one string width() method.
* Painter.h: only one text() method.
* all other files: adapt to above API change.
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* introduce defaultDimension() and dimension() in preparation of Dimension class cleanup.
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http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2900
The only drawback is that it requires about 20Mo extra-memory when loading the UserGuide. If it turns out to be too much, we can switch to a QHash based solution instead of a table.
* dimension.[Ch]:
- Dimension(LyXFont const, char_typec): new ctor
- set(LyXFont const & font, char_type c): new method.
* frontends/FontMetrics.h:
- width(char_type): is now a pure virtual method.
* GuiFontMetrics:
- CharMetrics: new structure;
- the metrics cache now also cache ascent and descent. This is especially useful for mathed.
* MathSupport.[Ch]:
- mathed_char_dim(): deleted. We now use Dimension::set() directly instead.
* rowpainter.C: fixe empty space.
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* lyxfunc.h:
- theLyXFunc(): new function in the global namespace.
- lyx::dispatch(): new function in the lyx namespace.
- lyx::getStatus(): new function in the lyx namespace.
* bufferlist.h:
- theBufferList(): new function in the global namespace.
* Clipboard.h:
- theClipboard(): new function in the global namespace.
* Selection.h:
- theSelection(): new function in the global namespace.
* FontLoader.h:
- theFontLoader(): new function in the global namespace.
* FontMetrics.h:
- theFontMetrics(LyXFont const &): new function in the global namespace.
* Application.C: implements the functions defined above.
* LyXView.h:
- getLyXFunc(): deleted.
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Basically, I replaced all methods in the font_metrics namespace by a proper virtual interface FontMetrics. The FontLoader is _the_ container for FontMetrics.
This patch should also bring some optimizations in a number of place in the code. This is because we do not need any more to search for the LyXFont at each font_metrics call. In effect, the speed advantage is not as sensible and this is a bit deceiving considering that this was my primary motivation behind the patch. But I like the patch anyway as it cleans up the relation and interfacing between fonts, metrics and frontends.
* frontends/FontMetrics.h: new virtual interface. Renamed from font_metrics.h
* qt4/GuiFontMetrics: corresponding qt4 implememtation. Renamed from qfont_metrics.C. The smallCaps particular case treatment has been transfered here as well as the width cache for MacOSX and Windows.
* qt4/QLPainter.C: the smallCapsText has been reworked to return the width of the drawn text.C
all other files: replace font_metric helper function call with corresponding FontMetrics method calls.
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