Method

PangoAttrListto_string

since: 1.50

Declaration [src] 

char*
pango_attr_list_to_string (
  PangoAttrList* list
)

Description [src]

Serializes a PangoAttrList to a string.

In the resulting string, serialized attributes are separated by newlines or commas. Individual attributes are serialized to a string of the form

START END TYPE VALUE

Where START and END are the indices (with -1 being accepted in place of MAXUINT), TYPE is the nickname of the attribute value type, e.g. weight or stretch, and the value is serialized according to its type:

  • enum values as nick or numeric value
  • boolean values as true or false
  • integers and floats as numbers
  • strings as string, optionally quoted
  • font features as quoted string
  • PangoLanguage as string
  • PangoFontDescription as serialized by pango_font_description_to_string(), quoted
  • PangoColor as serialized by pango_color_to_string()

Examples:

0 10 foreground red, 5 15 weight bold, 0 200 font-desc "Sans 10"

0 -1 weight 700
0 100 family Times

To parse the returned value, use pango_attr_list_from_string().

Note that shape attributes can not be serialized.

Available since: 1.50

Return value

Type: char*

A newly allocated string.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.