Environment:      Siren
Superclass:         Siren.DisplayItem
Category:         MusicUI-DisplayLists
Instance variables:   string font

Instances of DisplayString are used for visual text items in display lists.

Instance Variables:
   string       the object's string/text
   font       the object's display font

accessing

bounds
   Answer a rectangle that circumscribes the receiver.

extent
   Answer a rectangle that circumscribes the receiver.

font
   Answer the receiver's font.

font: aFont
   Set the receiver's font.

string
   Answer the receiver's string.

string: aString
   Set the receiver's string.

printing

printOn: aStream
   comment stating purpose of message

displaying

displayOn: aGraphicsContext
   display the receiver on the argument.

displayPostScriptOn: aPostscriptContext
   Display the receiver on the argument as a PostScript item.

initialize-release

initialize
   Initialize the instance variables of the receiver.

MetaClass:         DisplayString class

examples

stringExample
   Open a display list view with randomly-placed random-color strings over the given extent.

instance creation

new
   Answer a new initialized instance.

string: aString
   Answer a new instance with the argument as its string.

string: aString offset: oPoint
   Answer a new instance with the arguments as its string and offset point.