character-format

Arguments: window &optional scratch-character-format

The function returns a character-format instance representing the character format of the selected text, if any, and otherwise of the character just before the current text cursor position in window. If scratch-character-format is supplied, it should be a character-format instance which is then filled in and returned. Note that using scratch-character-format avoids consing a new character-format instance.

The setf function sets the character formatting of the currently selected text of window to reflect character-format, which should be a character-format instance.

See cg-rich-text.htm for information on rich text editing in Common Graphics. See also get-character-format, which returns the attributes as multiple values rather than as a character-format object. See also get-character-format, which returns the attributes as multiple values rather than as a character-format object.

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