Obtain style and line height info about a character

#include <TextEdit.h> TextEdit

void TEGetStyle(theOffset, theStyle, lineHeight, ascent, hTE );

short theOffset ; offset in edit text of character of interest

TextStyle *theStyle ; address of a 12-byte record; receives style info

short *lineHeight ; receives line height of character

short *ascent ; receives ascent of character

TEHandle hTE ; handle of an edit record

TEGetStyle obtains all existing the style and formatting information for a

particular character in the text of an edit record. Use before calling

theOffset is an offset within the data led to by the hText field of hTE. This

identifies a particular character (or start of a sequence of

theStyle is the address of a 12-byte TextStyle structure. Upon return, it is

filled with information (font, face, point size, and color) about the

lineHeight is the address of a 16-bit short. Upon return, it contains the height

of the line containing the character associated with theOffset.

ascent is the address of a 16-bit short. Upon return, it contains the ascent

(height above the baseline) of the character associated with theOffset.

hTE is a handle obtained via TENew (old style TextEdit record) or

TEStylNew (new style TextEdit record). It leads to a

variable-length TERec structure and identifies the edit record to be

Notes: When used on an old-style TextEdit record, TEGetStyle

obtains the global size, font, and style information for the edit record. On

new-format edit records, it obtains information about a particular

Given a mouse point, you may use TEGetOffset to figure out a value to use

A typical operation is to use TEGetStyle to obtain information about a

selection range, then change one or more fields of theStyle before calling

TESetStyle to make the changes. With System version 6.0 and later, you

may use SetStylScrap to perform "smart" setting and toggling of styles.