Re: Simpler EMC version

Hi Chris, Brian,

Just curious, but if you are writing a UI to put BIG numbers on the
screen, why not just change to a GRAPHICS mode, and DRAW the numbers any
size you want. I've used a 7-segment NUMBER format that works quite
nice. If you can use the code, this could work!

Alan KM6VV

bfp@... wrote:

>
> > Hmm, anyone have code for generating large ASCII-art numbers? I
> know I
> > saw it done in basic once and could probably rewrite it in a half
> hour.
> >
>
> I have a few functions to do it with curses
> it uses a 5x7 font (4x6 with 1 space seperator)
> and prints it using the block char (all CAPS)
> it can be interlieved with the normal font to cram
> more info on screen but still have the coordinate
> display jump out at you
>
> I can send the code to ya later tonight
>
> Brian
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