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pdflib - how to Use the end of "..." when the box width is insufficient

I want to put a long textline, such as "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN", in a fixed-size box.

//already set fontname and fontsize
p.fit_textline("ABCDEFGHIJKLMN",100,500, "boxsize={50 20}  fitmethod=clip showborder");

here's the result

actual box

[ABCDEFHG]

but i expect it like this

disired box

[ABCD...]
Solution

  • you can solve this with Textflow. A sample implementation is located in the PDFlib cookbook: https://www.pdflib.com/pdflib-cookbook/textflow/continue_note_after_text/

    The trick is, that you leave at the end of the box a space with createlastindent={rightindent=" + textwidth + "}. The space of the textwidth is the length of the "...", which you can determine with p.info_textline() before.