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The function text creates text from the specified string, insertion point and text height. If omitted, the insertion point will be considered the UCS origin and the text height 1. For parameterizing the text string use the format form.

Parameters:

string – String for text
p – Text insertion point
h – Text height

Syntax:

(text “string” p h)

Example:

> (text "This is a piece of text.")
#<text 0>

> (text "This is another piece of text." (xy 2 2) 5)
#<text 0> 

> (text (format "How much is 1+2 ?: ~A" (+ 1 2))
        (xy 2 2) 5)
#<text 0>

> (text (format "John asked: ~A" "\"What is your name?\"")
        (xy 2 2) 5)
#<text 0>

The function text-centered creates text from the specified string, centered at an insertion point and text height. If omitted, the insertion point will be considered the UCS origin and the text height 1. For parameterizing the text string use the format form.

Parameters:

string – String for text
p – Text insertion point
h – Text height

Syntax:

(text-centered “string” p h)

Example:

> (text-centered "This is a piece of centered text.")
#<text 0>

> (text-centered "This is another piece of centered text."
                 (xy 2 2) 5)
#<text 0> 

> (text-centered (format "How much is 1+2 ?: ~A" (+ 1 2))
                 (xy 2 2) 5)
#<text 0>

> (text-centered
   (format "John asked: ~A" "\"What is your name?\"")
   (xy 2 2) 5)
#<text 0>