mtext with tracking

[chris_net4]

Hello everyone,
Please let me know how to correctly use mtext with text formatting (tracking - spacing between characters).

 

(setq a (list 0 0))

(setq b (list 10 10))

(setq c 1000)

(command "_.mtext" a b c "")

OK

 

(setq a (list 0 0))

(setq b (list 10 10))

(setq c {\T0.8; 1000})

(command "_.mtext" a b c "")
NOK

[Steven P]

A couple of thing you might consider.

 

If C is your text then it is probably better to define that as a string if it is being used as a string, put in all in "..... ", for example (setq C "1000")

 

Put your second 'C' in " " to get: (setq c "{\T0.8; 1000}") You might do this already in other parts of your code

 

Last thing to look at is Special characters, the backslash is a marker for a special character in a string (for example, \n is the new line combination. In your c, it is looking to insert a special character, \T. You'll want to fix the \. This is done with a double \\, the first \ to say special character next and the second \ is the character to insert.

 

Hope that makes sense - basic thing, inside " .... " you need to use a double \\ to make that work

 

So you will want to use:

(setq c "{\\T0.8; 1000}")