FontManager::drawTextF() needs a variable buffer

Question

FontManager::drawTextF() needs a variable buffer

Closed this issue 10 years ago · 2 comments

drawTextF() currently has a set buffer size. This is due to Windows not allowing a strlen() call on an unknown argument (Works in Linux).
A possible solution may be to switch to al_draw_textf() and transfer arguments.

Answer 1 · 2014-06-28T08:02:13.000Z

Also consider using a char vector instead of array.

Answer 2 · 2014-07-31T23:48:53.000Z

Closing for now, the set amount has encompassed everything so far, and keeps a much-too-long string from taking down the engine. If I notice other solutions, though, I will gladly fix it.