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matherp
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Posted: 01:08pm 28 Feb 2022

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Quote EXECUTE "GOSUB somewhere" would be very valuable.

Execute expects functionality to return to the next command. It has a timeout of 1 second for the processing to return. You can execute gosub or function calls as long as they meet the timeout requirement

Quote Print "start"
Execute "gosub foo"
Print "end"
Do :Loop
foo:
Print "Here"
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fred777
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Posted: 10:38am 01 Mar 2022

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matherp said It has a timeout of 1 second for the processing to return.

The Execute is very powerful, great stuff!
Would it be possible to make that timeout value variable?
Something like Execute Cmd$,Timeout perhaps.
That would make things even more flexible.

Cheers,
Fred

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Posted: 07:32pm 01 Mar 2022

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Hi Peter,
Sorry to be a nuisance, I've had a search around but haven't found anything, is there a utility, or any hot tips on defining your own fonts. I have worked out the format of the data & defined a single : but it took ages to do.
I'm still on the theme of clocks & am writing code to generate as many different ways of showing the time as possible, the "clock" will then randomly display one face for say a minute or whatever, before moving on to the next. I've done a roman numeral digital clock, but it would be good to be able to define a tall narrow font with no edges, obviously I only need I V X L : all other character can be null, so ultimately I can do it by hand, but a faster method would be very handy, for the future, I also couldn't find the "Additional fonts and information can be found in the Embedded fonts folder in the PicoMite firmware download" (from the manual)
Regards Kevin
Edited 2022-03-02 05:34 by Bleep

Mixtel90

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Posted: 08:16pm 01 Mar 2022

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I don't think the PicoMite supports downloadable fonts at all. You can embed them in your program, but not load them in from a file. See the DEFINEFONT command.

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palcal

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Posted: 08:50pm 01 Mar 2022

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@ Bleep would 'Font Tweak' help available from Tassie Jims web site.
I am using a downloaded font with a PicoMite (not vga) and as Mixtel90 says you have to include it in your program.
Edited 2022-03-02 06:53 by palcal

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Bleep
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Posted: 10:21pm 01 Mar 2022

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Hi, thanks I'll have a look at Font Tweak, yes I have embedded the single ":" font as data, I never said I was trying to load fonts.
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Posted: 06:59pm 22 Mar 2022

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@Iizby: I tested your program earlier in this thread.

http://www.thebackshed.com/forum/ViewTopic.php?TID=14527&P=6#183092

I had to make a small change before I got the TEMPR function to work.
This line in your code gave errors and the PicoMite stopped:

s$ = str$(tempr(pin(msg(1))),3,3) ' get the input on the I/O pin

Changed it into this and it worked:

s$ = str$(tempr(msg(1)),3,3) ' get the input on the I/O pin

Tested with:
> ?mm.ver
5.070405
> ?mm.device$
PicoMite
>
MM Edit V4.1.4 OS Ver:10

/Fred

lizby
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Posted: 10:19pm 22 Mar 2022

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Fred--glad you got it to work. I must have copied the version from my PC without making the correction I had made on the PicoMite to get it to work. I still intend to do the tweaks I mentions, but distractions keep a-coming.

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