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+%% Name: pen.tex
+%% Purpose: wxPen docs
+%% Author:
+%% Modified by:
+%% Created:
+%% RCS-ID: $Id$
+%% Copyright: (c) wxWidgets
+%% License: wxWindows license
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+
\section{\class{wxPen}}\label{wxpen}
A pen is a drawing tool for drawing outlines. It is used for drawing
lines and painting the outline of rectangles, ellipses, etc. It has a
-colour, a width and a style.
+colour, a width and a style.
+
+\wxheading{Derived from}
+
+\helpref{wxGDIObject}{wxgdiobject}\\
+\helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
+
+\wxheading{Include files}
+
+<wx/pen.h>
+
+\wxheading{Predefined objects}
+
+Objects:
+
+{\bf wxNullPen}
+
+Pointers:
+
+{\bf wxRED\_PEN\\
+wxCYAN\_PEN\\
+wxGREEN\_PEN\\
+wxBLACK\_PEN\\
+wxWHITE\_PEN\\
+wxTRANSPARENT\_PEN\\
+wxBLACK\_DASHED\_PEN\\
+wxGREY\_PEN\\
+wxMEDIUM\_GREY\_PEN\\
+wxLIGHT\_GREY\_PEN}
\wxheading{Remarks}
-On a monochrome display, wxWindows shows all non-white pens as black.
+On a monochrome display, wxWidgets shows all non-white pens as black.
Do not initialize objects on the stack before the program commences,
since other required structures may not have been set up yet. Instead,
wxThePenList}, and calling the member function {\bf FindOrCreatePen}.
See the entry for \helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}.
-TODO: an overview for wxPen.
+This class uses \helpref{reference counting and copy-on-write}{trefcount}
+internally so that assignments between two instances of this class are very
+cheap. You can therefore use actual objects instead of pointers without
+efficiency problems. If an instance of this class is changed it will create
+its own data internally so that other instances, which previously shared the
+data using the reference counting, are not affected.
+%TODO: an overview for wxPen.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxPenList}{wxpenlist}, \helpref{wxDC}{wxdc}, \helpref{wxDC::SetPen}{wxdcsetpen}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxPen::wxPen}\label{wxpenconstr}
+\membersection{wxPen::wxPen}\label{wxpenctor}
\func{}{wxPen}{\void}
-Default constructor. The pen will be uninitialised, and \helpref{wxPen::Ok}{wxpenok} will
-return FALSE.
+Default constructor. The pen will be uninitialised, and \helpref{wxPen:IsOk}{wxpenisok} will
+return false.
-\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}, \param{const int}{ width}, \param{const int}{ style}}
+\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxColour\&}{ colour}, \param{int}{ width = $1$}, \param{int}{ style = {\tt wxSOLID}}}
Constructs a pen from a colour object, pen width and style.
-\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}, \param{const int}{ width}, \param{const int}{ style}}
+\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ style}}
Constructs a pen from a colour name, pen width and style.
-\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxBitmap\&}{ stipple}, \param{const int}{ width}}
+\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxBitmap\&}{ stipple}, \param{int}{ width}}
Constructs a stippled pen from a stipple bitmap and a width.
\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxPen\&}{ pen}}
-Copy constructor. This uses reference counting so is a cheap operation.
-
-\func{}{wxPen}{\param{const wxPen*}{ pen}}
-
-Copy constructor. This uses reference counting so is a cheap operation.
+Copy constructor, uses \helpref{reference counting}{trefcount}.
\wxheading{Parameters}
\docparam{pen}{A pointer or reference to a pen to copy.}
-\docparam{width}{Pen width. Under Windows, the pen width cannot be greater than 1 if
-the style is wxDOT, wxLONG\_DASH, wxSHORT\_DASH, wxDOT\_DASH, or wxUSER\_DASH.}
-
\docparam{style}{The style may be one of the following:
\begin{twocollist}\itemsep=0pt
\wxheading{Remarks}
+Different versions of Windows and different versions of other platforms
+support {\it very} different subsets of the styles above - there is no
+similarity even between Windows95 and Windows98 - so handle with care.
+
If the named colour form is used, an appropriate {\bf wxColour} structure
is found in the colour database.
-{\it style} may be one of wxSOLID, wxDOT, wxLONG\_DASH, wxSHORT\_DASH and
-wxDOT\_DASH.
-
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxPen::SetStyle}{wxpensetstyle}, \helpref{wxPen::SetColour}{wxpensetcolour},\rtfsp
\helpref{wxPen::SetWidth}{wxpensetwidth}, \helpref{wxPen::SetStipple}{wxpensetstipple}
-\membersection{wxPen::\destruct{wxPen}}
+\perlnote{Constructors supported by wxPerl are:\par
+\begin{itemize}
+\item{Wx::Pen->new( colour, width, style )}
+\item{Wx::Pen->new( colourName, width, style )}
+\item{Wx::Pen->new( stipple, width )}
+\end{itemize}
+}
+
+\membersection{wxPen::\destruct{wxPen}}\label{wxpendtor}
\func{}{\destruct{wxPen}}{\void}
Destructor.
+See \helpref{reference-counted object destruction}{refcountdestruct} for more info.
\wxheading{Remarks}
-The destructor may not delete the underlying pen object of the native windowing
-system, since wxBrush uses a reference counting system for efficiency.
-
Although all remaining pens are deleted when the application exits,
the application should try to clean up all pens itself. This is because
-wxWindows cannot know if a pointer to the pen object is stored in an
+wxWidgets cannot know if a pointer to the pen object is stored in an
application data structure, and there is a risk of double deletion.
\membersection{wxPen::GetCap}\label{wxpengetcap}
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenconstr}, \helpref{wxPen::SetStyle}{wxpensetstyle}
+\helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenctor}, \helpref{wxPen::SetStyle}{wxpensetstyle}
\membersection{wxPen::GetWidth}\label{wxpengetwidth}
\helpref{wxPen::SetWidth}{wxpensetwidth}
-\membersection{wxPen::Ok}\label{wxpenok}
+\membersection{wxPen::IsOk}\label{wxpenisok}
-\constfunc{bool}{Ok}{\void}
+\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
-Returns TRUE if the pen is initialised.
+Returns true if the pen is initialised.
\membersection{wxPen::SetCap}\label{wxpensetcap}
\func{void}{SetColour}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}}
-\func{void}{SetColour}{\param{const int}{ red}, \param{const int}{ green}, \param{const int}{ blue}}
+\func{void}{SetColour}{\param{unsigned char}{ red}, \param{unsigned char}{ green}, \param{unsigned char}{ blue}}
The pen's colour is changed to the given colour.
deallocated by the calling application until the pen is deleted or this
function is called with a NULL array.
-TODO: describe in detail.
-
+%TODO: describe in detail.
\wxheading{See also}
\helpref{wxPen::GetDashes}{wxpengetdashes}
\membersection{wxPen::SetJoin}\label{wxpensetjoin}
-\func{void}{SetJoin}{\param{int}{join\_style}}
+\func{void}{SetJoin}{\param{int }{join\_style}}
Sets the pen join style, which may be one of {\bf wxJOIN\_BEVEL}, {\bf wxJOIN\_ROUND} and
\rtfsp{\bf wxJOIN\_MITER}. The default is {\bf wxJOIN\_ROUND}.
\wxheading{See also}
-\helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenconstr}
+\helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenctor}
\membersection{wxPen::SetWidth}\label{wxpensetwidth}
-\func{void}{SetWidth}{\param{const int}{ width}}
+\func{void}{SetWidth}{\param{int}{ width}}
Sets the pen width.
\func{wxPen\&}{operator $=$}{\param{const wxPen\& }{pen}}
-Assignment operator, using reference counting. Returns a reference
-to `this'.
+Assignment operator, using \helpref{reference counting}{trefcount}.
\membersection{wxPen::operator $==$}\label{wxpenequals}
\func{bool}{operator $==$}{\param{const wxPen\& }{pen}}
-Equality operator. Two pens are equal if they contain pointers
-to the same underlying pen data. It does not compare each attribute,
-so two independently-created pens using the same parameters will
-fail the test.
+Equality operator.
+See \helpref{reference-counted object comparison}{refcountequality} for more info.
\membersection{wxPen::operator $!=$}\label{wxpennotequals}
\func{bool}{operator $!=$}{\param{const wxPen\& }{pen}}
-Inequality operator. Two pens are not equal if they contain pointers
-to different underlying pen data. It does not compare each attribute.
+Inequality operator.
+See \helpref{reference-counted object comparison}{refcountequality} for more info.
\section{\class{wxPenList}}\label{wxpenlist}
`memory leaks'. However, it is best not to rely on this automatic
cleanup because it can lead to double deletion in some circumstances.
-There are two mechanisms in recent versions of wxWindows which make the
+There are two mechanisms in recent versions of wxWidgets which make the
pen list less useful than it once was. Under Windows, scarce resources
are cleaned up internally if they are not being used. Also, a referencing
counting mechanism applied to all GDI objects means that some sharing
your application is using too many resources, you can resort to using
GDI lists to share objects explicitly.
-The only compelling use for the pen list is for wxWindows to keep
+The only compelling use for the pen list is for wxWidgets to keep
track of pens in order to clean them up on exit. It is also kept for
-backward compatibility with earlier versions of wxWindows.
+backward compatibility with earlier versions of wxWidgets.
\wxheading{See also}
\latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
-\membersection{wxPenList::wxPenList}
+\membersection{wxPenList::wxPenList}\label{wxpenlistctor}
\func{void}{wxPenList}{\void}
Constructor. The application should not construct its own pen list:
use the object pointer {\bf wxThePenList}.
-\membersection{wxPenList::AddPen}\label{wxpenlistaddpen}
-
-\func{void}{AddPen}{\param{wxPen*}{ pen}}
-
-Used internally by wxWindows to add a pen to the list.
-
\membersection{wxPenList::FindOrCreatePen}\label{wxpenlistfindorcreatepen}
-\func{wxPen*}{FindOrCreatePen}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}, \param{const int}{ width}, \param{const int}{ style}}
+\func{wxPen*}{FindOrCreatePen}{\param{const wxColour\& }{colour}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ style}}
Finds a pen with the specified attributes and returns it, else creates a new pen, adds it
to the pen list, and returns it.
-\func{wxPen*}{FindOrCreatePen}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}, \param{const int}{ width}, \param{const int}{ style}}
+\func{wxPen*}{FindOrCreatePen}{\param{const wxString\& }{colourName}, \param{int}{ width}, \param{int}{ style}}
Finds a pen with the specified attributes and returns it, else creates a new pen, adds it
to the pen list, and returns it.
\docparam{colour}{Colour object.}
-\docparam{colourName}{Colour name, which should be in the colour database.}
-
-\docparam{style}{Pen style. See \helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenconstr} for a list of styles.}
-
-\membersection{wxPenList::RemovePen}\label{wxpenlistremovepen}
-
-\func{void}{RemovePen}{\param{wxPen*}{ pen}}
+\docparam{colourName}{Colour name, which should be in the \helpref{colour database}{wxcolourdatabase}.}
-Used by wxWindows to remove a pen from the list.
+\docparam{width}{Width of pen.}
+\docparam{style}{Pen style. See \helpref{wxPen::wxPen}{wxpenctor} for a list of styles.}