Chapter 22. Object Templates

In this chapter

  • The Box Object

  • The Arrow Object

  • Next Steps

The Box and Arrow objects supported by the editor are considered template objects because the interactive process of creating these objects enforces the shape appro-priate to the object.

The following sections introduce the Box and Arrow objects. You will notice many similarities between these objects and the Latex Line and Pencil objects introduced in previous chapters.

Note

The code listings introduced in this chapter are targeted for placement in the gxLine.c source file. Additionally, functions presented in the listings that are not defined static should have a corresponding prototype placed in the gxProtos.h header file.

The Box Object

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