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| -rw-r--r-- | FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H | 8 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H b/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H index 656513e3e..609f8cc31 100644 --- a/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H +++ b/FL/Fl_Multiline_Input.H @@ -38,11 +38,15 @@ This input field displays '\n' characters as new lines rather than ^J, and accepts the Return, Tab, and up and down arrow keys. This is for editing multiline text. - <P>This is far from the nirvana of text editors, and is probably only - good for small bits of text, 10 lines at most. I think FLTK can be - used to write a powerful text editor, but it is not going to be a - built-in feature. Powerful text editors in a toolkit are a big source - of bloat. + <P> + This is far from the nirvana of text editors, and is probably only + good for small bits of text, 10 lines at most. Note that this widget + does not support scrollbars or per-character color control. + <P> + If you are presenting large amounts of text and need scrollbars + or full color control of characters, you probably want Fl_Text_Editor + instead. + <P> */ class Fl_Multiline_Input : public Fl_Input { public: diff --git a/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H b/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H index 4d58edb6f..04f89b6d5 100644 --- a/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H +++ b/FL/Fl_Multiline_Output.H @@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ This widget is a subclass of Fl_Output that displays multiple lines of text. It also displays tab characters as whitespace to the next column. + <P> + Note that this widget does not support scrollbars, or per-character + color control. + <P> + If you are presenting large amounts of read-only text + and need scrollbars, or full color control of characters, + then use Fl_Text_Display. If you want to display HTML text, + use Fl_Help_View. */ class Fl_Multiline_Output : public Fl_Output { public: |