? on using TV_TEXT object

AGCB

I don't understand how to set the column/line using the out method of TV_TEXT

PUB out(c) | i, k

'' Output a character
''
''     $00 = clear screen                     
''     $01 = home
''     $08 = backspace
''     $09 = tab (8 spaces per)
''     $0A = set X position (X follows)   
''     $0B = set Y position (Y follows)      HOW TO DO THIS???
''     $0C = set color (color follows)
''     $0D = return
''  others = printable characters

I.E.
$0A = set X position (X follows)

I've tried comma separating, parenthesis , you name it and can't figure it out.
What would be the instruction line in the top object for setting the column to 5 ? example please

Thanks
Aaron

AV_Tech

Hello Aaron.

It is the same as the vga_text i used a lot of time:

text.str(string($A,5,$B,11,$C,8,"Your tekst"))

Greeting Abraham Vreugdenhil

Mike Green

Remember that you can't embed a zero byte in a string (because a zero marks the end of the string). If you want to set the X or Y position to zero, use "text.out($0A)" or "text.out($0B)" followed by "text.out(0)"

AGCB

What I was trying to do is add a method (easy to remember and type for a non typist) to the TV_TEXT object.

I did a similar thing in the LCD Spin Driver like this

PUB Move(Line, Column)
{{
   Moves the cursor position to row,column
   Parameters: column = first(1), last(40)
               line   = top(1) or bottom(2)
   example usage: LCD.Move(2,1) moves cursor to line 2 column 1
}}

  Send(((Column - 1) + ((Line - 1) * 64) & %0111_0000) | %1000_0000)

I can't seem to figure out how to do it in TV_TEXT though

AGCB

There's a similar method in PST.

PUB Position(x, y)
{{Position cursor at column x, row y (from top-left).}}
  
  Char(PC)
  Char(x)
  Char(y)

Mike Green

You'd use

out($0A)
out(x)
out($0B)
out(y)

These are all functionally equivalent: out, tx, char. They send a single byte to the device involved. It would have been nice to use the same name for the same functionality, but they're what we have. I've often modified various display drivers to include an out method in addition to whatever was provided ... for my own convenience.

AGCB

Thanks Mike
That's what I wanted. "They send a single byte to the device involved" I was trying to send more than one byte at a time.
Aaron