Re: A86: Dead list?


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Re: A86: Dead list?





On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 09:49:04 -0400 <glendon.solsberry@tricon-yum.com>
writes:
>
>     Is this list dead? I hope not, because I have a question. First, 

no, just mortally wounded.

>how 
>     do I make greyscale text? Second, how do I create a variable to 

if you just want text that's a gray shade (not full black) use the normal
puts and move the text to whichever plane you want.  alternatively, you
could write your own puts that would put the text exactly where you want
it.

if you want text with smoother edges (this would be neat) you'll probly
have to have a grayscale bitmap for each letter and write your own puts
to display them.

>leave 
>     on the calculator (I also don't want the calc's user to be able 
>to 
>     change the value of the variable), and then, how do I get the 
>variable 
>     back, and where does it end up, OP1?

i beleive usually the best method is to write back to your program
variable, there's bound to be some tutorial or something on that
someplace.

if you want to create an external variable that can't be easily modified,
either use a constant or use a variable that starts with an illegal
character (something other than a letter)  don't use !,#,$,@,&, or sqrt
though.

you'll probly want a string.  to create a string var, put the name in
op1, the size in hl, and call _CREATESTRNG.  you probly need to store the
size in the string after creating it.  i don't have time to look this
stuff up right now, if no one else replies, i'll get some examples later.

-josh

>     
>     Glen
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>
>

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