[A83] Re: Edit buffer

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: Edit buffer
From: "Joe Pemberton" <dArkSk8eR@buffbody.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:24:57 -0600
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org


_vputs writes to the LCD (and the graph mem if you have
textwrite,(iy+sgrflags) set)
- - Joe

>
>Then how about vputs? I thought it wrote to the homescreen...
>I need a vputs replacement, since vputs is too slow for my purposes.
>(Btw, I use an app, so it'll be a vputmap replacement)
>Now I can do that myself, but if anyone has a few valuable tips,
>it would be greatly appreciated. (especially on preserving the possiblity
to 
>invert the text, and keeping it all variable width if neccessary)
>
>
>If it ain't possible to do it without using "normal" sprite routines and
the 
>graphbuffer, so be it, but i'm afraid it'd mean more modifications 
>to my program...
>
>Thanks for any help
>--Peter-Martijn
>
>
>> Not sure about most of that, but I know that you can't write sprites
>> directly to the homescreen.  The homescreen uses 128 bytes to store char
>> data, not pixel data.. if you wanted to display pictures on the
homescreen,
>> direct communication with the LCD is necessary.
>> - - Joe
>> 
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