AttrList.toString_

string toString_()

Serializes a [pango.attr_list.AttrList] to a string.

In the resulting string, serialized attributes are separated by newlines or commas. Individual attributes are serialized to a string of the form

START END TYPE VALUE

Where START and END are the indices (with -1 being accepted in place of MAXUINT), TYPE is the nickname of the attribute value type, e.g. _weight_ or _stretch_, and the value is serialized according to its type:

  • enum values as nick or numeric value
  • boolean values as _true_ or _false_
  • integers and floats as numbers
  • strings as string, optionally quoted
  • font features as quoted string
  • PangoLanguage as string
  • PangoFontDescription as serialized by [pango.font_description.FontDescription.toString_], quoted
  • PangoColor as serialized by [pango.color.Color.toString_]

Examples

0 10 foreground red, 5 15 weight bold, 0 200 font-desc "Sans 10"

0 -1 weight 700
0 100 family Times

To parse the returned value, use [pango.attr_list.AttrList.fromString].

Note that shape attributes can not be serialized.

Returns

a newly allocated string