Description

The hyText class library is intended for wxWindows programmers who need hypertext functionality, that is, the ability to display text with highlighted words and phrases, with the ability to associate functionality with these blocks (such as viewing further information). A high-level API (Application Programming Interface) is provided to make these kinds of application easy to write.

wxHelp is one such application. Other possible applications include transcript editors and text output facilities within larger programs.

The main class in this library is wxHyperTextWindow, which is a type of canvas handles repainting, stores text, and supplies most of the API for manipulating hypertext files.

Before files may be displayed, the programmer must define a mapping between the integer block types and the font and colour styles which characterise text blocks. See the class reference for details, and wxhelp.cc for examples.