Help with Character D2

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I need help getting character D2 (the hyphen) as a usable token.

Help with Character D2

Sue Doenim 24 Oct 2018 03:52

I want to use character D2 (the hyphen) for text sprites. The minus sign won't work for what I want to do. Is there any way to access the token (not just display the character)? I have looked for it in a bunch of extra characters programs, and none of them have had it. Is it even possible to get as a token (one that I can put into another program) or will I have to remake my sprites?

Re: Help with Character D2

lirtosiast 24 Oct 2018 05:23

AFAICT no. All tokens are listed at tokens, and none of them are the hyphen. What text sprite method are you using that needs it?

Re: Help with Character D2

(account deleted) 24 Oct 2018 15:20

This character? Hex Token D2?
I don't think you can access it, since I can't even access even converting hex to tokens. I would assume this is not accessible in any way, even if you take a peek of the GLYPHS program in the archives, would be cool to have though. You can view more hex tokens here if you would like, if it helps

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Hewwo, my name is Achak Claw. I was formerly BioHazard.

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Re: Help with Character D2

Sue Doenim 24 Oct 2018 17:02

Yes, that is what I was trying to get. I didn't understand the difference between characters and tokens, but now I think I get it. I was planning on using it in a few horizontal text sprites in a game I'm making, and I didn't want to use the minus sign because it is longer. For example, I wanted to make a wasp sprite like this:
"-:-(<hyphen>:"
Which would show:
0000000
0101010
1011100
0101010
0000000
Whereas
"-:-(<minus>:"
Would show:
00000000
01010100
10111000
01010100
00000000
Forcing an extra line of space after the sprite that I don't want to deal with. I think I'll just end up redoing my sprites to make them not need it.

Re: Help with Character D2

Deoxal 25 Oct 2018 03:21

The hyphen is the same as the negative sign on the calculator. I just checked my calculator and the negative sign is indeed 3 pixels wide, like in Bio Hazard's image. The negative sign is not the same as the subtraction sign. When you type the hyphen in TI-Connect it will give the subtraction sign, you have to select it from command index instead. I could have totally misinterpreted your question though but I don't know how though.

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