Documentation

This site documents the reusable Pretext layout engine, the full package split introduced in this branch, and the shared sample-host patterns built on top of it.

Sections

Getting Started
- package installation and font strings
- first Prepare, Layout, and LayoutWithLines flow
- choosing the right API for a workload
- sample-host orientation
Concepts
- project structure and the core pipeline
- prepared-text lifecycle and caching model
- whitespace and break kinds
- font parsing and measurement behavior
- locale-aware segmentation and bidi
- line fitting and incremental layout surfaces
Guides
- backend discovery, overrides, and custom backends
- integrating Pretext into native Windows/Linux/macOS hosts
- integrating Pretext into Uno code
- integrating Pretext into any SkiaSharp host
- diagnostics and deterministic testing
- shared sample-host walkthrough
- shrinkwrap and editorial layout patterns
Reference
- package and namespace map
- per-package reference pages
- public types, results, and operations
- companion helper packages
- scope, limitations, and platform notes
- docs pipeline and license