Allen's Layout Concept

// layout - low level

push_clip(0, 0, 300, 300);

// imagine you can define these with header = # Style { ... }
put_text(header, "Welcome to Allen's Layout Concept", 0, 0);
body_text = # String {
  This is an example of laying out something out manualy,
  with fixed positions, and no layout engine to help.
};
put_text(body, body_text, 0, 40);

pop_clip();


// layout - with layout engine

layout = # Column { x = 0, y = 0, w = 300, h = 300, scroll_vert = true };

push_clip(layout);

put_text(header, "Welcome to Allen's Layout Concept", layout);
body_text = # String {
  This is an example of layout something out manuualy,
  with positions from a layout controller.
}
put_text(body, body_text, layout);

pop_clip();


// layout - the high level function for declarative style

page = # Section {
  # Section {
    layout = # Column { x = 0, y = 0, w = 300, h = 300, scroll_vert = true },
    # Section {style = header, # String { Welcome to Allen's Layout Concept } },
    # Section {
      style = body,
      # String {
	  This is an example of laying something out declaratively,
	  and then passing it to the versatile put_section function.
      }
    }
  }
};

put_section(page, 0, 0);