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==Syntax==
==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">textdisplay textCreateDisplay ()</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">textdisplay textCreateDisplay()</syntaxhighlight>


==Required Arguments==
==Required Arguments==
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==Example==
==Example==
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">
myTextDisplay = textCreateDisplay ()                           -- create a text display
function showTextDisplay ( player, command )
textDisplayAddObserver ( myTextDisplay, myPlayer )             -- make it visible to a player
  local serverDisplay = textCreateDisplay()                             -- create a text display
myTextItem = textCreateTextItem ( "Hello world!", 0.5, 0.5 )    -- create a text item for the display
  textDisplayAddObserver ( serverDisplay, player )                     -- make it visible to a player
textDisplayAddText ( myTextDisplay, myTextItem )               -- add it to the display so it is displayed
  local serverText = textCreateTextItem ( "Hello world!", 0.5, 0.5 )    -- create a text item for the display
  textDisplayAddText ( serverDisplay, serverText )                     -- add it to the display so it is displayed
end
addCommandHandler( "showText", showTextDisplay )
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==See Also==
==See Also==
{{Text functions}}
{{Text functions}}

Latest revision as of 00:39, 21 January 2011

A text display is like a canvas that can contain many items of text. Each display can be seen by multiple observers (players) and each player can see multiple displays.

Syntax

textdisplay textCreateDisplay()

Required Arguments

This function has no arguments.

Example

function showTextDisplay ( player, command )
   local serverDisplay = textCreateDisplay()                             -- create a text display
   textDisplayAddObserver ( serverDisplay, player )                      -- make it visible to a player
   local serverText = textCreateTextItem ( "Hello world!", 0.5, 0.5 )    -- create a text item for the display
   textDisplayAddText ( serverDisplay, serverText )                      -- add it to the display so it is displayed
end
addCommandHandler( "showText", showTextDisplay )

See Also