GSGlyph setName:changeName:update:validate: | Glyphs API Documentation

func setName(_ name: String, changeName: Bool, update: Bool, validate: Bool)

- (void) setName:(NSString *) name changeName:(BOOL) changeName update:(BOOL) update validate:(BOOL) validate;

setName_changeName_update_validate_(name: str, changeName: bool, update: bool, validate: bool)

Parameters

name: The glyph name.
changeName: Whether glyph information may replace the supplied name with its standard glyph name.
update: Whether to update Unicode values and other glyph information for the name.
validate: Whether a nonstandard name may be replaced with its standard glyph name even when changeName is NO.

Discussion

This is a low-level renaming method. Use name for general renaming.

See Also

Glyph Name

name
The glyph name used within Glyphs.
setName(_:changeName:)setName:changeName:setName_changeName_
Assigns a glyph name and updates related glyph information.
setNameFast(_:)setNameFast:setNameFast_
Assigns a glyph name without updating related state.
setNameFastCache(_:)setNameFastCache:setNameFastCache_
Assigns a glyph name and updates name lookup in the containing font.
nameUpdate
The glyph name used within Glyphs, with font references updated when it changes.
setNameUpdate(_:changeName:)setNameUpdate:changeName:setNameUpdate_changeName_
Assigns a glyph name and updates references to the old glyph name within the font.
validateName(_:)validateName:validateName_
Checks whether a glyph name can be assigned to the receiver.
ensureValidName(_:)ensureValidName:ensureValidName_
Finds the standard glyph name corresponding to a nonstandard name.
isValidNameString(_:allowSpaces:)isValidNameString:allowSpaces:error:isValidNameString_allowSpaces_error_
Checks whether a string follows the glyph name syntax.