1Font::TTF::Segarr(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Font::TTF::Segarr(3)
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6 Font::TTF::Segarr - Segmented array
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9 Holds data either directly or indirectly as a series of arrays. This
10 class looks after the set of arrays and masks the individual
11 sub-arrays, thus saving a class, we hope.
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14 All instance variables do not start with a space.
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16 The segmented array is simply an array of segments
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18 Each segment is a more complex affair:
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21 In terms of the array, the address for the 0th element in this seg‐
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24 LEN Number of elements in this segment
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26 VAL The array which contains the elements
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29 Font::TTF::Segarr->new($size)
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31 Creates a new segmented array with a given data size
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33 $s->fastadd_segment($start, $is_sparse, @dat)
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35 Creates a new segment and adds it to the array assuming no overlap
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37 cates whether the passed in array contains "undef"s or not. If false no
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43 $s->add_segment($start, $overwrite, @dat)
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45 Creates a new segment and adds it to the array allowing for possible
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54 $s->tidy
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56 Merges any immediately adjacent segments
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58 $s->at($addr, [$len])
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60 Looks up the data held at the given address by locating the appropriate
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64 $s->remove($addr, [$len])
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66 Removes the item or items from addr returning them as an array or the
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76 Creates a deep copy of a segment
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82 Martin Hosken Martin_Hosken@sil.org. See Font::TTF::Font for copyright
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87perl v5.8.8 2005-06-14 Font::TTF::Segarr(3)