gshin@eecs.wsu.edu (George Shin - TA 150) (03/26/91)
help! does anyone know of a way to shrink the size of the ascii characters
in hp48sx? i need to store a variable of text, it would really
help if the characters can be displayed in a minimal size as
possible and still be readable.
thanks.....edp@jareth.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.)) (03/26/91)
In article <1991Mar26.012724.14621@eecs.wsu.edu>, gshin@eecs.wsu.edu (George Shin - TA 150) writes: >help! does anyone know of a way to shrink the size of the ascii characters > in hp48sx? i need to store a variable of text, it would really > help if the characters can be displayed in a minimal size as > possible and still be readable. The display size of character isn't associated with a variable -- a variable that contains a string of character is just a string of characters. The characters in the variable don't have a particular size. When you want to display an object, whether it is a character string or something else, the ->GROB command allows you to choose a size. Put an object, such as a character string in level 2 and a number 0, 1, 2, or 3 in level 1. Then execute ->GROB and you will get a graphics object that is a displayable representation of the object. Size 1 is the smallest; 2 and 3 are medium and large, and 0 is the same as size 3 for objects other than unit objects or algebraics. For unit objects and algebraics, 0 causes ->GROB to return the display that the EquationWriter produces. Note that the graphics object you get back may be too large to fit on one screen. You will need to display it in the scrollable graphics mode or write a program to rearrange it to fit on one screen. -- edp (Eric Postpischil) "Always mount a scratch monkey." edp@jareth.enet.dec.com
diamant@hpfcbig.SDE.HP.COM (John Diamant) (03/27/91)
George Shin - TA 150 (gshin@eecs.wsu.edu) writes: > help! does anyone know of a way to shrink the size of the ascii characters > in hp48sx? i need to store a variable of text, it would really > help if the characters can be displayed in a minimal size as > possible and still be readable. If you are controlling the output via a program, you can specify a small font (font 1) to ->GROB to generate a GROB with text in a very small font. If you store that GROB in PICT and then use PVIEW to view it, you will get what you want. For an example, see the TODO program posted earlier. I don't know of any way to make the default stack display use a smaller font. John Diamant Software Engineering Systems Division Hewlett Packard Co. ARPA Internet: diamant@hpfclp.sde.hp.com Fort Collins, CO UUCP: {hpfcla,hplabs}!hpfclp!diamant This response does not represent the official position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard Company. The above data is provided for informational purposes only. It is supplied without warranty of any kind.
waterman@engg.ucalgary.ca (jason waterman) (03/27/91)
Hi there! I'm not sure exactly what you are asking, but I'll try to help. The standard characters on the stack are displayed in Large Font (5x9). To display an object in a form smaller than the standard stack size, you have several options. First of all, you could use the DISP and FREEZE commands, to display characters in medium font (5x7). These commands are explained in the Interactive Programs section of the Owner's Manual (Volume II). The DISP command allows you to display up to 7 lines on the display. Secondly, the ->GROB command could be used with the ->LCD command or GORr command to place the text on the graphics screen. This allows you to display characters in Small font (3x5), but the disadvantage is that you would have to have your program split up the text you want to display into the proper number of characters per line and then determine where on the graphics screen to place those lines, etc. You get the idea. This could possibly slow your program down quite a bit, depending on how much you wanted to display. I think that I will write a program to do this within the next few days. When it's finished, I'll post it. By the way, the descriptions of the ->GROB and GOR commands can be found in the Owner's Manual in the "More About Plotting and Graphics Objects" section in Volume I. Hope this helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jason Waterman The University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada Email: waterman@engg.ucalgary.ca -------------------------------------------------------------------------------