--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/include/mb_obj.h	Sun Feb 15 08:34:57 2009 +0800
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#ifndef __MBOBJ_H
+#define __MBOBJ_H
+#include "mb_shapes.h"
+#include "mb_shapes.h"
+/*! \brief Change the location of the object.
+ *
+ * The location of the object will be relocated to the new position. This function works for group(coord_t)
+ * and text shape (shape_text_t). For others, this command will be ignored since we don't know the original
+ * point of a path.
+ */
+void mb_obj_set_pos(mb_obj_t *obj, co_aix x, co_aix y);
+
+/*! \brief Get the position of the object.
+ *
+ *  Return the position of the object. This works for group and text only. For others, (0,0) will be returned.
+ */
+void mb_obj_get_pos(mb_obj_t *obj, co_aix *x, co_aix *y);
+
+/*! \brief set the width of the object.
+ *
+ */
+void mb_obj_set_scalex(mb_obj_t *obj, int scale);
+
+/*! \brief return the scale of width.
+ */
+int mb_obj_get_scalex(mb_obj_t *obj);
+
+/*! \brief set the scale of height.
+ */
+void mb_obj_set_scaley(mb_obj_t *obj, int scale);
+/*! \brief return the scale of height
+ *
+ */
+int mb_obj_get_scaley(mb_obj_t *obj);
+
+
+/*! \brief Change the rotation degree.
+ *
+ */
+void mb_obj_set_rotation(mb_obj_t *obj, int degree);
+
+/*! \brief Return the rotation degree of an object.
+ *
+ */
+
+int mb_obj_get_rotation(mb_obj_t *obj);
+
+/*! \brief set the textformat of the texts inside a group.
+ *
+ *  If the obj is a group, we will search the first text element inside it. If it is a shape_t, it will be applied to it directly.
+ *
+ */
+void mb_obj_set_textstyle(mb_obj_t *obj, mb_textstyle_t *format, int begin, int end);
+
+/*! \brief return the text format style between 'begin' and 'end'.
+ *
+ */
+void mb_obj_get_textstyle(mb_obj_t *, mb_textstyle_t *format,int begin,int end);
+
+/*! \brief Change the characters of a text field.
+ *  Change the content of a text field. If the obj is a group, we will search for the first text field inside it as the target.
+ */
+void mb_obj_set_text(mb_obj_t *obj, const char *text);
+
+
+/*! \brief Get the content of a text field.
+ *
+ *   The 'text' is the data buffer and the 'size' is the size of the buffer.
+ */
+void mb_obj_get_text(mb_obj_t *obj, char *text, int size);
+
+#endif
+

--- a/include/mb_types.h	Sun Feb 15 08:33:47 2009 +0800
+++ b/include/mb_types.h	Sun Feb 15 08:34:57 2009 +0800
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
  *
  * mb_obj_t should be initialized with mb_obj_init() and destroied with
  * mb_obj_destroy().
+ *
+ * We have defined a set of convienent API which will wrap the coord_t or shape_t API accoridng to its type.
+ * Please refer to http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/dFrSMOtDer3BZUab7jnrAJ/MBAF_Object for the details. This
+ * API is designed for regular programmers which can be used to change some common properties of objects without
+ * checking its type.
  */
 struct _mb_obj {
     int obj_type;		/*!< \brief Type of a MadButterfly object. */
@@ -218,7 +223,7 @@
  */
 #define coord_move(co,x,y) do {(co)->matrix[2] = (x); (co)->matrix[5] = (y);} while(0)
 #define coord_set_scalex(co,sx) do {(co)->matrix[0] = sx;} while(0)
-#define coord_set_scaley(co,sy) do {(co)->matrux[3] = sy;} while(0)
+#define coord_set_scaley(co,sy) do {(co)->matrix[3] = sy;} while(0)
 #define coord_scalex(co) ((co)->matrix[0])
 #define coord_scaley(co) ((co)->matrix[3])
 #define coord_x(co) ((co)->matrix[2])

--- a/src/Makefile.am	Sun Feb 15 08:33:47 2009 +0800
+++ b/src/Makefile.am	Sun Feb 15 08:34:57 2009 +0800
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libmbfly.la
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = X_main
-MBAF_SOURCES=mbaf/mbapp.c mbaf/mbbutton.c
+MBAF_SOURCES=mbaf/mbapp.c mbaf/mbbutton.c mbaf/mbobject.c
 libmbfly_la_SOURCES = animate.c chgcolor.c coord.c event.c geo.c	\
 	observer.c paint.c redraw_man.c rotate.c shape_path.c		\
 	shape_rect.c shape_text.c shift.c subtree_free.c timer.c 	\

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/mbaf/mbobject.c	Sun Feb 15 08:34:57 2009 +0800
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#include "mb_types.h"
+#include "mb_obj.h"
+
+
+void mb_obj_set_pos(mb_obj_t *obj, co_aix x, co_aix y)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+	    coord_x(((coord_t *) obj)) = x;
+	    coord_y(((coord_t *) obj)) = y;
+    } else if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_TEXT) {
+	    sh_text_set_pos((shape_t *) obj, x, y);
+    } else {
+	    return;
+    }
+    
+}
+
+void mb_obj_get_pos(mb_obj_t *obj, co_aix *x, co_aix *y)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+	    *x = coord_x((coord_t *) obj);
+	    *y = coord_y((coord_t *) obj);
+    } else if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_TEXT) {
+	    sh_text_get_pos((shape_t *) obj, x, y);
+    } else {
+	    return;
+    }
+    
+}
+
+void mb_obj_set_text(mb_obj_t *obj, const char *text)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+        geo_t *geo;
+        shape_t *shape;
+	coord_t *g = (coord_t *) obj;
+
+        FOR_COORD_MEMBERS(g, geo) {
+            shape = geo_get_shape(geo);
+            if(shape->obj.obj_type == MBO_TEXT) {
+		sh_text_set_text(shape, text);
+		return;
+            }
+        }
+    } else if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_TEXT) {
+	    sh_text_set_text((shape_t *) obj,text);
+    } else {
+	    return;
+    }
+    
+}
+
+
+void mb_obj_get_text(mb_obj_t *obj, char *text,int size)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+        geo_t *geo;
+        shape_t *shape;
+	coord_t *g = (coord_t *) obj;
+
+        FOR_COORD_MEMBERS(g, geo) {
+            shape = geo_get_shape(geo);
+            if(shape->obj.obj_type == MBO_TEXT) {
+		sh_text_get_text(shape, text,size);
+		return;
+            }
+        }
+    } else if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_TEXT) {
+	    sh_text_get_text((shape_t *) obj,text,size);
+    } else {
+	    *text = 0;
+	    return;
+    }
+}
+
+void mb_obj_set_scalex(mb_obj_t *obj,int scale)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+	coord_set_scalex((coord_t *) obj, scale);
+    } else {
+    }
+}
+
+int mb_obj_get_scalex(mb_obj_t *obj)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+	return coord_scalex((coord_t *) obj);
+    } else {
+	return 100;
+    }
+}
+
+void mb_obj_set_scaley(mb_obj_t *obj,int scale)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+	coord_set_scaley((coord_t *) obj, scale);
+    } else {
+    }
+}
+int mb_obj_get_scaley(mb_obj_t *obj)
+{
+    if (MBO_TYPE(obj) == MBO_COORD) {
+	return coord_scaley((coord_t *) obj);
+    } else {
+	return 100;
+    }
+}
+
+void mb_obj_set_rotation(mb_obj_t *obj, int degree)
+{
+    printf("%s is not implemented yet\n",__FUNCTION__);
+}
+
+int mb_obj_get_rotation(mb_obj_t *obj)
+{
+    printf("%s is not implemented yet\n",__FUNCTION__);
+}
+
+
+
+void mb_obj_set_color(mb_obj_t *obj, int color)
+{
+    printf("%s is not implemented yet\n",__FUNCTION__);
+}
+
+
+int mb_obj_get_color(mb_obj_t *obj)
+{
+    printf("%s is not implemented yet\n",__FUNCTION__);
+    return 0;
+}
+

--- a/src/shape_text.c	Sun Feb 15 08:33:47 2009 +0800
+++ b/src/shape_text.c	Sun Feb 15 08:34:57 2009 +0800
@@ -72,7 +72,28 @@
     return (shape_t *)text;
 }
 
-extern void sh_text_set_text(shape_t *shape, const char *txt) {
+void sh_text_set_pos(shape_t *shape, co_aix x, co_aix y)
+{
+    sh_text_t *text = (sh_text_t *)shape;
+    text->x = x;
+    text->y = y;
+}
+
+
+void sh_text_get_pos(shape_t *shape, co_aix *x, co_aix *y)
+{
+    sh_text_t *text = (sh_text_t *)shape;
+    *x = text->x;
+    *y = text->y;
+}
+
+void sh_text_get_text(shape_t *shape, char *text,int size)
+{
+    sh_text_t *t = (sh_text_t *)shape;
+    strncpy(text,t->data, size);
+}
+
+void sh_text_set_text(shape_t *shape, const char *txt) {
     sh_text_t *text = (sh_text_t *)shape;
     char *buf;
 
@@ -230,7 +251,7 @@
     }
     text->layout = pango_cairo_create_layout(cr);
     desc = pango_font_description_from_string("Sans Bold");
-    cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0, 0);
+    //cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0, 0, 0);
     pango_layout_set_font_description (text->layout, desc);
     pango_layout_set_text(text->layout,text->data,strlen(text->data));
     pango_layout_set_attributes(text->layout, text->attrs);