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Prop Tool - why do I get ¥$ instead of $ ???

godzichgodzich Posts: 74
edited 2010-10-28 07:17 in Propeller 1
Hi,

I'm running the Propeller tool (versio 1.27 = latest) on a Windows 7 (64 bit platform).

Every time I hit the dollar key ($) in the editor I get the following TWO symbols ¥$

This is really annoying. What is wrong? I use lots of hexadecimal constants and writing them get slow since every time I have to manually delete this extra ¥ symbol.

Anyone any ideas? The dollar key works perfectly in ALL other programs...

Cheers,

Christian

Comments

  • max72max72 Posts: 1,155
    edited 2010-10-26 06:12
    No problem here.
    Win 7 64 bit, Italian (I moved to UK format because we have the comma as a decimal separator, and it makes a mess when importing/ exporting data).

    Doing the same with BST works?

    Massimo
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-10-26 06:54
    That funny symbol before the $ is the Japanese Yen currency symbol. I'm using Win7 x64, and I don't get it.
  • godzichgodzich Posts: 74
    edited 2010-10-26 12:25
    Hi Massimo - Leon,

    My windows is UK English and the keyboard layout is FI (Finnish). This is so strange since
    I get then neighbour symbols € (euro) and £ (pound) correctly by pressing keys 3 and 5 together with Alt-Gr. Hitting key 5 gives me ¥$.

    This is - only in Prop Tool! It was the same in the previous version. Anyone at Parallax that could explain what is going on?

    Christian,

    PS: Leon, nice to stumble here over another Pulsonix user ;)
  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2010-10-26 12:42
    It must be something to do with the Finnish keyboard. Hungarian is similar to Finnish, I wonder if it happens with a Magyar keyboard. :)

    I've got a couple of Propeller designs that were done with Pulsonix.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2010-10-26 13:05
    godzich,

    As a Brit living in Helsinki using a computer in UK English with a Finnish keyboard you reminded me that I have seen this before.

    So, just now, I downloaded a new Prop Tool into Windows XP and I find it still does the same thing.

    My solution to this was to give up and use BST under Linux. I had been Windows free since 1997 and was a bit miffed at having to install XP in a Virtual MAchine just for the Prop Tool.

    Anyway, I also just tried BST under that XP and it has no problem with $.

    By the way, as you are the first Prop user I have heard of in Helsinki we should meet up some time.
  • godzichgodzich Posts: 74
    edited 2010-10-28 04:56
    Heater, nice to know someone else can duplicate this. Due to application limitations, I cannot be Windows free myself, even if I rather vote for Linux.

    So probably I should point my finger at Parallax, hoping for a fix in an upcoming version of the Prop Tool...

    So you are in Helsinki, too :) I would not have stumbled over the Propeller, if it was not due to a late friend of mine, he donated a development kit as a compensation for a personal favor. I promised him (before he passed away) that I do some day something fun with it. Keeping my promise I'm slowly learning this totally different and "crazy" chip. Its going to be the brain for my personal living room disco lighting controller. I will probably publish some details later, when I have something to show. Would be nice to bounce with you some day. Feel free to email me over my private address.

    Cheers,

    Christian
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2010-10-28 07:17
    OK, but don't forget to check out the BST Propeller compiler http://www.fnarfbargle.com/bst.html It works a treat for most people and has a few very useful extra features over th Parallax Tool.

    It would be great to meet up, I'll be in touch when work here is not so crazy busy.
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