gt1407b@prism.gatech.edu (SUTTON,MICHAEL SCOTT) (02/18/91)
I have a printer that has the I*M graphic character set built in to
ASCII codes 128-255. I have an amiga application that I would like to use
these characters instead of the ANSI international characters used by
the prt: device. I have an I*M font, and also the means to create a custom
keymap that will produce characters 128-255.
Using keymaped I have attempted to map characters 128-255 onto the Alt and
Shift+Alt equivalents to 33-127. Obviously, some characters will require
Ctrl+Shift combonation which KeyMapEd won't set for me and so cannot be
used. This is not a problem as I just want the box drawing characters.
I do have one problem with KeyMapEd. I cannot set Shift+Alt+<number> to
anything above 128. KeyMapEd changes whatever I input (e.g. \xa3)
to \xff. My question is WHY?
My biggest problem thus far has been the printer driver. The application
uses prt: and NOT par: or this would not be a problem. I am looking to
build a driver that does NO character translation for 128-255.
I tried PrtDrvGen on FF #90 but this only crashed my 1.3 Amiga 1000.
At this point I'm looking at writing my own (not an impossile task as I
did graduate from Georgia Tech in computer science, but not one I have a
whole lot of time to learn how to do).
If someone knows of another printer driver writing program that supports
1.3 or has any advice on what to try next, I would certainly appreciate
any help.
Thanx,
Mike
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