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From: shane@pepe.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Lightspeed C question
Message-ID: <408@tardis.cc.umich.edu>
Date: 12 Dec 87 14:38:16 GMT
References: <13231@beta.UUCP>
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Reply-To: shane@pepe.cc.umich.edu (Shane Looker)
Organization: University of Michigan Computing Center, Ann Arbor
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Keywords: printf, stdio, quickdraw, grafport

In article <13231@beta.UUCP> wkp@beta.UUCP (Bill Peter) writes:
> [ Talking about LSC ]
>The most serious is that when I open up a grafport to
>use quickdraw routines, everything is fine.  But then
>using printf() causes the mac to write onto a new
>screen (I assume stdio), and makes the program go nuts.
>Since I need to use printf() to output both text and
>floating point numbers, this is incovenient.  I can't
>use DrawString to output floating point numbers (or can I?).

There is a file in the Info-Mac archives on SUMEX called 
  [SUMEX-AIM.Stanford.EDU]<INFO-MAC>UTILITY-LSC-DEBUGGING.HQX

which creates a window for debugging purposes which takes calls in the
printf form.  If you can't get to SUMEX, I can get the file to you
somehow.
 

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