PgLanguage.getSampleString

Get a string that is representative of the characters needed to render a particular language.

The sample text may be a pangram, but is not necessarily. It is chosen to be demonstrative of normal text in the language, as well as exposing font feature requirements unique to the language. It is suitable for use as sample text in a font selection dialog.

If @language is %NULL, the default language as found by pango_language_get_default() is used.

If Pango does not have a sample string for @language, the classic "The quick brown fox..." is returned. This can be detected by comparing the returned pointer value to that returned for (non-existent) language code "xx". That is, compare to: <informalexample><programlisting> pango_language_get_sample_string (pango_language_from_string ("xx")) </programlisting></informalexample>

class PgLanguage
string
getSampleString
()

Return Value

Type: string

the sample string. This value is owned by Pango and should not be freed.

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