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From: kaz@cadovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CON: and RAW: windows
Message-ID: <1434@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Mar-87 14:17:42 EST
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1434
Posted: Fri Mar 13 14:17:42 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Mar-87 20:35:44 EST
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Reply-To: kaz@cadovax.UUCP (Kerry Zimmerman)
Organization: Contel Business Systems, Torrance, CA
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Keywords: RAW: CON: window setfont
Summary: setfont requires screen reset




I want to thank everybody who responded to my question about getting
the window pointer from a CON: or RAW: file handle.
Phillip Lindsay's posting was exactly what was needed.  Thanks again.

I've seen other postings recently about difficulties with the 
'setfont' program, and I discovered a non-obvious trick that makes 
'setfont' work.  The last line of the program prints "escape c".
Well, this is a screen reset command.  What happens is that the
screen clears and the newly set font becomes active.  Without the
reset the new font is available for graphic text() outputs, but the
console doesn't know about the new font.  

Can anyone explain why the console doesn't use the font in the window's
rastport until after a reset?


Kerry Zimmerman
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