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Joemama98
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Hello gentlemen, I'm broadcasting my question out if Input can be applied in...let's say the Text( command. My game, written in BASIC, is displayed strictly on the graph screen, and all font is done in Text(. I wan't to keep this tradition alive, however, Input seems to be only executable by that big font default. Any advice? |
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Darth Android
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2003 05:49:47 pm Post subject: |
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first of all, input will only work with the home screen. however, if i get up off my big fat metallic a** and find the prgm i wrote to do just that i might  post it. |
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Darth Android
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2003 06:35:04 pm Post subject: |
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here goes:
"<>" means "not equal to"
"->" means "sto ->"
prgm(theta)GETTEXT
Code:
" ->Str1
DelVar CRepeat D=105
If C
Text(A,B,sub(Str1,2,length(Str1)-1
Repeat D
getKey->D
End
If D<>105
Then
If D<>45 and C<E and D<95
Then
Str1+sub("ABC.[6 spaces]DEFGH[5 spaces]IJKLM[5 spaces]NOPQR[5 spaces]STUVW[5 spaces]XYZ ",D-40,1->Str1
C+1->C
End
If D=45 and C>0
Then
sub(Str1,1,length(str1)-1->Str1
C-1->C
If C
Text(A,B,sub(Str1,2,length(Str1)-1)+"[3 spaces]
End
End
End
sub(Str1,2,length(Str1)-1->Str1
anything in [brackets] is something i could not type or would be overly hard to dissern from the text (i.e., multiple spaces in succession)
Variables:
A - Y cordinate of where to place text
B - X cordinate of where to place text
C - (will be modified so move contents to another variable)
D - (will be modified so move contents to another variable)
E - Maximum # of charactars tha will be accepted (High score names, etc.)
----EDIT----
i didnt put it in my original post, but i do have a backspace, [CLEAR]
also, a cursor is cool and adds visual effect, but it also adds to size and execution time
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NETWizz
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2003 06:49:29 pm Post subject: |
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I once made a program like that only mine had a blinking cursor and backspace.
Basically, you use getkey to check the keypad, then you put each character at the space it would be at with the getkey number.
If 2 is 93, then you put 2 in the string at 93. Obviously, you may wish to use a modifyer such as Ans-40 as Darth used, so you don't need to type all the letters.
Now, you take one from the substring and concatnate it to the string. You will then display it on the screen using text at the location of the cursor. Next you need to move the cursor to the right position and also erase the cursors last position. BTW, a cursor is a line that is turned on and off every couple of loops.
Most importantly, you need to make the getkey routine run as fast as possible. In other words, you want getkey istself to be executed many times a second because if you slow it down it will make your routine seem unresponsive.
BTW, to backspace, use sub(Str1,1,lengh(Str1)-1)->Str1, then use a blank text e.g. text(#,#,"few spaces") You do not need to close the parenthesis. |
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Adm.Wiggin
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2003 09:20:12 pm Post subject: |
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| i made something like that... it worked good... but i did it on the homescreen, never bothered to convert it to graph... |
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Jeffrey
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2003 09:26:43 pm Post subject: |
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| The thing with graphscreen typing routines is, well, they are slow and inefficient most of the time. It is rare to find a fast routine that is complete and takes up little space. I only use them if I absolutely must. Otherwise I use a split screen concept and have the user input from the homescreen with intructions in the top. But I'm too lazy too. Lol, I made a program that automatically centers my graphscreen text and wraps it around to the next line. |
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2003 02:17:22 am Post subject: |
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To add a blinking cursor add these two lines inside the loop:
Text(A,B,sub(" -",Ø+(Ø>0),1
Ø+1-2Ø(Ø>5->Ø //change the 5 to something bigger to slow down blinking
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Darth Android
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2003 02:50:56 pm Post subject: |
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| plz edit the "not equal to" signs so we can all read it. |
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2003 03:21:03 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't use any, I always try to use the characters most similar to those on the calc, therefor I actually spend time to find out how to type the Ø (hold SHIFT, Right ALT and L) since I knew it could be typed.
Besides that one, there's the >, which is the > and the -> which is the -> (store button) it almost makes sense. 
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Darth Android
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2003 04:19:35 pm Post subject: |
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oh, so, the not equal to character represents the theta variable.
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2003 04:37:56 pm Post subject: |
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| No, well yes, the not equal to character that ti-connect uses is used by me for what it actually is, the theta character. |
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Jeffrey
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| Posted: 01 Jul 2003 06:00:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Is there any easy way to convert all of those symbols to meaningful characters besides a search and replace or manually doing it? Some special function in TI-Graph link? |
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Adm.Wiggin
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 01:08:30 pm Post subject: |
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| not that i know of... there might be though! |
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Darth Android
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 02:00:53 pm Post subject: |
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Arcane Wizard wrote: To add a blinking cursor add these two lines inside the loop:
Text(A,B,sub(" -",Ø+(Ø>0),1
Ø+1-2Ø(Ø>5->Ø //change the 5 to something bigger to slow down blinking
this wouldnt work. the cursor would just stay over the first character. A and B r fixed variables and do not change. this would work if B was updated and it just pasted the one character on the graphscreen
here is the final prgm with a cursor:
Code:
" ->Str1
DelVar CRepeat D=105
Repeat D
Text(A,B,Str1+sub("[3 spaces]-[2 spaces]",1+3(F>0),3
F+1-2F(F>5->F
getKey->D
End
Text(A,B,Str1+"[3 spaces]
If D<>105
Then
If D<>45 and C<E and D<105 and D>40
Then
Str1+sub("ABC:[6 spaces]DEFGH[5 spaces]IJKLM[5 spaces]NOPQR[5 spaces]STUVW[5 spaces]XYZ()[7 spaces].?",D-40,1->Str1
C+1->C
End
If D=45 and C>0
Then
sub(Str1,1,length(str1)-1->Str1
C-1->C
End
End
End
sub(Str1,2,length(Str1)-1->Str1
Total size: 274 bytes
special keys:
[VARS] = :
[0] = [space]
[.] = . (period)
[(-)] = ?
[3] = (
[+] = )
also, it will give a domain error if it goes off of the screen. use E to prevent this (23 if B=0)
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Spyderbyte
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 02:16:22 pm Post subject: |
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Just out of curiousity, are these all of the weird symbols?
This pastes to become:
Code:
ü ->
ø ><
ù >=
÷ <=
ð( sqrt(
ë e
Á (theta) or ø
Ä (pi)
ñ ^-1
Ü ^2 or ²
Ó ^3 or ³
Óð( cbrt(
Íð xrt(
ý^( 10^(
õ r
ö T
Ð []
Ñ +
Ò .
Are there any that are missing?
Spyderbyte
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Arcane Wizard
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 02:20:18 pm Post subject: |
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Well, it works. A and B have nothing to do with changing the cursor.
Mind you I used A and B without being sure if that are the variables used to display the newly typed character, well, that's what you get when you have to work with uncommented code.
So it might be displayed at the wrong place, if you used it with your codebut it would blink none the same. And I thought I had posted my code for graphscreen input but that must have been a different thread.
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yugniht
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 04:55:49 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't read the previous, just the first post. So, I thought I'd just copy and paste something from my site:
Quote: If you need the user to enter something on the graph screen, instead of using getkey with a bunch of If K=92:Text(Y,X,"Y"):If K=93:Text(Y,X,"Z"), you can make a really long string where every letter is in the corresponding place of its getkey. For example the letter Y would be in the 92nd place in the string. You could just type the long string in and store your input to str0, for example. Here is how the code could look:
" "->Str0
0
Repeat Getkey
End
sub("your long string here",Ans,1)
If Ansø" "
Str0+Ans->Str0 (Here, Str0 is where your text is stored
Text(Y,X,Str0)
(NOTE: ø means "not equal to") If the input is a number and you need to store it to a variable, use this:
expr(sub(str0,2,length(str0)-1)->A (or whatever variable)
These two methods are really fast and you can just use a Repeat or While loop to make it keep going, lets say, until the user has entered 4 characters or pressed "enter." Although it may be long, the string that is, it is the fastest way to input something on the graph screen. Also, if you don't want the user to press a certain button, for example you want them to enter numbers only, just put a space in the long string for every getkey place that isn't a number. * |
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Darth Android
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 08:00:09 pm Post subject: |
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| in short, that is all mine is. ecept that mine has a backspace function. |
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Darth Android
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| Posted: 14 Jul 2003 03:14:52 pm Post subject: |
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JBirk, back at the cirrus site (topic was "GetKey" i think) u said u were going to make a prgm that would return when two keys were pressed in this format (the example simulated uparrow and right arrow):
26.25
what is the progress on this prgm?
when will it be done?
how can i get a copy? |
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