Text empahsis from string tags

Text is normally created by convert a string to Text with protocol like #asTest or by using a TextStream. The emphasis that the text gets is by way of message sends to either Text or TextStream objects:

                ^'normal, ' asText,

                ('red italic, ' asText emphasizeAllWith: (Array with: #italic with: #color->ColorValue red)),

                ('green' asText emphasizeAllWith: (#color->ColorValue green))

I'm wondering if there is any pre-existing way to convert a string to text using tags contained within the string; something like:

                ^'normal <color:red><italic>red italic, </italic><color:green>green' asTextFromTags

The need for something like this has come about because the strings would be returned from methods that get stored and returned from GemStone but are displayed in VW. If something like this doesn't already exist then I can create it, but it seems like something that would have probably been done a few hundred times already since we are now in the age of tagged html and xml strings.

Paul Baumann

Paul,

See String>>asRichText in Aragon.Shared parcel and try inspecting,

'<c:red>basic</c> <c:blue><b>example</b></c>' asRichText

as per attached.

Hope this helps,

-Boris

Text is normally created by convert a string to Text with protocol like #asTest or by using a TextStream. The emphasis that the text gets is by way of message sends to either Text or TextStream objects:

                ^'normal, ' asText,

                ('red italic, ' asText emphasizeAllWith: (Array with: #italic with: #color->ColorValue red)),

                ('green' asText emphasizeAllWith: (#color->ColorValue green))

I'm wondering if there is any pre-existing way to convert a string to text using tags contained within the string; something like:

                ^'normal <color:red><italic>red italic, </italic><color:green>green' asTextFromTags

The need for something like this has come about because the strings would be returned from methods that get stored and returned from GemStone but are displayed in VW. If something like this doesn't already exist then I can create it, but it seems like something that would have probably been done a few hundred times already since we are now in the age of tagged html and xml strings.

Paul Baumann

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Perfect. Thanks Boris.

Paul,

See String>>asRichText in Aragon.Shared parcel and try inspecting,

'<c:red>basic</c> <c:blue><b>example</b></c>' asRichText

as per attached.

Hope this helps,

-Boris

Text is normally created by convert a string to Text with protocol like #asTest or by using a TextStream. The emphasis that the text gets is by way of message sends to either Text or TextStream objects:

                ^'normal, ' asText,

                ('red italic, ' asText emphasizeAllWith: (Array with: #italic with: #color->ColorValue red)),

                ('green' asText emphasizeAllWith: (#color->ColorValue green))

I'm wondering if there is any pre-existing way to convert a string to text using tags contained within the string; something like:

                ^'normal <color:red><italic>red italic, </italic><color:green>green' asTextFromTags

The need for something like this has come about because the strings would be returned from methods that get stored and returned from GemStone but are displayed in VW. If something like this doesn't already exist then I can create it, but it seems like something that would have probably been done a few hundred times already since we are now in the age of tagged html and xml strings.

Paul Baumann

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