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Re: Special Characters [message #15475 is a reply to message #11946] Mon, 17 May 1999 00:00 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
DBorland is currently offline  DBorland
Messages: 10
Registered: March 1999
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This just prints out !7X on the button. Reading the chapter in the
reference guide leads me to believe that this method only works with direct
graphics commands like xyouts.

David Borland

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In article <37403035.F76E48AF@bos.fti-net.com>, Jason Jonikas
<jjonikas@bos.fti-net.com> wrote:


> In the string put '!7x' this will give you a lower case omega. Upper case is
> capital x. this is explained in the refference guide volume 1 under the
chapter
> on fonts. There are also a bunch of font tables also. Remember to reset the
> font by using !3 at the end of the string or in the next string. If you do
not
> then all of your fonts will remain in Greek font 7.
>
> R.Bauer wrote:
>
>> DBorland wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>> Does anyone know how to put a special character, in this case the symbol
>>> omega, as the value of a widget_button?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David Borland
>>> Software Engineer
>>> Electrical Geodesics, Inc.
>>
>> If it won't work with the symbolic font the onlly way is to use a bitmap
>> button I believe.
>>
>> R.Bauer
>
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