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Code Red => AutoLISP (Vanilla / Visual) => Topic started by: Lee Mac on July 07, 2010, 07:59:48 AM

Title: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: Lee Mac on July 07, 2010, 07:59:48 AM

Anyone know if one exists?

I constructed this (http://www.theswamp.org/screens/leemac/Formatting%20Codes.png) a while back as a 'reference' but it doesn't cover them all by any stretch of the imagination....

Title: Re: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: CHulse on July 07, 2010, 09:40:40 AM

Not that I have any sepcific info on this, but this is an example I am working with.

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(3 . "\\pxa4,ql;{\\LTREE PRESERVATION MEASURES PLAN
NOTES\\P\\pi-3,l3,t3;}1.\tGENERAL\\P\\pi-5,l6,t6;1.1.\tINTRODUCTION\\P\\pi-7,l9,
t9;1.1.A.\tGENERAL PLAN NOTES. \\P\\pi-9,l12,t12;1.1.A.a.\tPRE-CONSTRUCTION
STRESS REDUCTION \\P\\pi-5,l6,t6;1.2.\tDESCRIPTIONS OF THE WORK\\P")

(1 . "\\pi-7,l9,t9;1.2.A.\tPRE-CONSTRUCTION \\P\\pi-9,l12,t12;1.2.A.a.\tMULCH
RINGS. \\P\\pi-3,l3,t3;2.\tSEASONAL \\P\\pi-7,l9,t9;2.0.A.\tDESTRUCTIVE PEST
MANAGEMENT")


Title: Re: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: LE3 on July 07, 2010, 10:07:23 AM

Hi Lee,
Have you seen here?

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%202010%20User%20Documentation/

Search for:
'Format Multiline Text in an Alternate Text Editor'

HTH

Quote from: Lee Mac on July 07, 2010, 07:59:48 AM

Anyone know if one exists?

I constructed this (http://www.theswamp.org/screens/leemac/Formatting%20Codes.png) a while back as a 'reference' but it doesn't cover them all by any stretch of the imagination....

Title: Re: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: Lee Mac on July 07, 2010, 10:11:20 AM

Excellent Luis - many thanks!

Title: Re: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: CHulse on July 08, 2010, 07:23:09 AM

Here was another response from Autodesk:

Quote

Here is a link to the specifications for RTF 1.5:
Rich Text Format (RTF) Version 1.5 Specification
http://www.biblioscape.com/rtf15_spec.htm

Although the formatting codes don't look exactly the same as what is in the mtext entity...

Title: Re: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: rkmcswain on April 24, 2014, 02:59:33 PM

Quote from: LE

Have you seen here?
http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%202010%20User%20Documentation/ (http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2010/ENU/AutoCAD%202010%20User%20Documentation/)

An updated URL, no searching needed:
http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2014/ENU/files/GUID-7D8BB40F-5C4E-4AE5-BD75-9ED7112E5967.htm (http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2014/ENU/files/GUID-7D8BB40F-5C4E-4AE5-BD75-9ED7112E5967.htm)

And another reference:
http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/text-formatting-codes-in-mtext-objects-tip8640 (http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/text-formatting-codes-in-mtext-objects-tip8640)

Title: Re: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: danallen on April 24, 2014, 04:43:37 PM

I don't see explanation of indent / hanging indent, nor tabs?

Title: Re: MText Formatting Code Reference
Post by: CADbloke on February 14, 2015, 05:38:35 AM

Quote from: dan allen on April 24, 2014, 04:43:37 PM

I don't see explanation of indent / hanging indent, nor tabs?

This page: http://www.augi.com/library/autocad-tricks-for-mtext-beyond-the-basics1 has a good explanation of tabs in MText. If you look at the text example posted by @CHulse you will see the tabs stops in there - they're the t in the control character sequence. eg, the first one is t3

(better late than never, eh?)