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PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:17 pm
by marc_256
Hi,
last week I restarted my little robot developments,
so, I restarted also my terminal program.
I edit all my PB programs in notepad++, and use "Courier New, 8" Western as font.
see setups and result pictures 1...2
when I import my file in PB IDE, with settings "Courier New, 8" Western as font.
see setups and result pictures 3...4
how can I have the same results in PB as in Notepad++ ?
I work in win10 / PB 5.73
Thanks,
marc
pic1
pic2
pic3
pic4
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:33 pm
by Demivec
User UTF-8 encoding in both programs.
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:57 pm
by marc_256
Hi Demivec,
I did this already, but then I lose all my graphic characters (Page437).
only when I use the OEM-US character set I can use the Page437 character set.
Marc
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 4:23 pm
by Demivec
marc_256 wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:57 pm
Hi Demivec,
I did this already, but then I lose all my graphic characters (Page437).
only when I use the OEM-US character set I can use the Page437 character set.
Marc
Here's a link to unicode code points for the same thing:
https://www.unicode.org/charts/nameslist/n_2500.html
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 6:22 pm
by Little John
marc_256 wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2025 3:57 pm
Hi Demivec,
I did this already, but then I lose all my graphic characters (Page437).
only when I use the OEM-US character set I can use the Page437 character set.
Marc
I have a similar problem: my computer doesn't run on steam power. It seems I have to use electricity.
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 6:33 pm
by RASHAD
Hi marc
Just a guess
It could be a DPI matters
Check it
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 9:53 pm
by marc_256
Hi RASHAD,
maybe I didn't explained my problem well,
my oldest robot (see pic1) works with a SBC MC68000 processor (see pic2).
and communicates with the PC via RS232 port (see red arrow below see pic3).
all this works fine ...
but my robot uses a full 8 bit ascii character set with graphic characters.
when he sends ascii 0...127 all works well on my PC terminal program (written in PB 5.73)
but when he send the graphic characters, I get wrong characters on the screen.
I think the DPI isn't the problem here, this is for me a font problem ...
I installed a lot of downloaded fonts, but doesn't work.
in the past [infratec] gave me some hints, but didn't work.
pic1
pic2
pic3
greetings,
marc
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:29 pm
by mk-soft
Windows ...
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*scr = Ascii("Hello from RoboterÉÍÍÍ")
*dst = AllocateMemory(1000)
r1 = OemToChar_(*scr, *dst)
Debug r1
Debug PeekS(*dst, #PB_Ascii)
perhaps helps
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:37 pm
by TassyJim
Extended ASCII characters depend on the code page. Windows has forgotten about code pages since unicode became the standard.
For a project I wrote, this is the CP437 unicode equivalents.
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; CodePage 437
[CodePage]
chr00 = $0000 ; NULL
chr01 = $263a ; START OF HEADING
chr02 = $263b ; START OF TEXT
chr03 = $2665 ; END OF TEXT
chr04 = $2666 ; END OF TRANSMISSION
chr05 = $2663 ; ENQUIRY
chr06 = $2660 ; ACKNOWLEDGE
chr07 = $2022 ; BELL
chr08 = $25d8 ; BACKSPACE
chr09 = $25cb ; HORIZONTAL TABULATION
chr0a = $25d9 ; LINE FEED
chr0b = $2642 ; VERTICAL TABULATION
chr0c = $2640 ; FORM FEED
chr0d = $266a ; CARRIAGE RETURN
chr0e = $266b ; SHIFT OUT
chr0f = $263c ; SHIFT IN
chr10 = $25ba ; DATA LINK ESCAPE
chr11 = $25c4 ; DEVICE CONTROL ONE
chr12 = $2195 ; DEVICE CONTROL TWO
chr13 = $203c ; DEVICE CONTROL THREE
chr14 = $00b6 ; DEVICE CONTROL FOUR
chr15 = $00a7 ; NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE
chr16 = $25ac ; SYNCHRONOUS IDLE
chr17 = $21a8 ; END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK
chr18 = $2191 ; CANCEL
chr19 = $2193 ; END OF MEDIUM
chr1a = $2192 ; SUBSTITUTE
chr1b = $2190 ; ESCAPE
chr1c = $221f ; FILE SEPARATOR
chr1d = $2194 ; GROUP SEPARATOR
chr1e = $25b2 ; RECORD SEPARATOR
chr1f = $25bc ; UNIT SEPARATOR
chr20 = $0020 ; SPACE
chr21 = $0021 ; EXCLAMATION MARK
chr22 = $0022 ; QUOTATION MARK
chr23 = $0023 ; NUMBER SIGN
chr24 = $0024 ; DOLLAR SIGN
chr25 = $0025 ; PERCENT SIGN
chr26 = $0026 ; AMPERSAND
chr27 = $0027 ; APOSTROPHE
chr28 = $0028 ; LEFT PARENTHESIS
chr29 = $0029 ; RIGHT PARENTHESIS
chr2a = $002a ; ASTERISK
chr2b = $002b ; PLUS SIGN
chr2c = $002c ; COMMA
chr2d = $002d ; HYPHEN-MINUS
chr2e = $002e ; FULL STOP
chr2f = $002f ; SOLIDUS
chr30 = $0030 ; DIGIT ZERO
chr31 = $0031 ; DIGIT ONE
chr32 = $0032 ; DIGIT TWO
chr33 = $0033 ; DIGIT THREE
chr34 = $0034 ; DIGIT FOUR
chr35 = $0035 ; DIGIT FIVE
chr36 = $0036 ; DIGIT SIX
chr37 = $0037 ; DIGIT SEVEN
chr38 = $0038 ; DIGIT EIGHT
chr39 = $0039 ; DIGIT NINE
chr3a = $003a ; COLON
chr3b = $003b ; SEMICOLON
chr3c = $003c ; LESS-THAN SIGN
chr3d = $003d ; EQUALS SIGN
chr3e = $003e ; GREATER-THAN SIGN
chr3f = $003f ; QUESTION MARK
chr40 = $0040 ; COMMERCIAL AT
chr41 = $0041 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
chr42 = $0042 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
chr43 = $0043 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
chr44 = $0044 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
chr45 = $0045 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
chr46 = $0046 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
chr47 = $0047 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
chr48 = $0048 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
chr49 = $0049 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
chr4a = $004a ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
chr4b = $004b ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
chr4c = $004c ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
chr4d = $004d ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
chr4e = $004e ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
chr4f = $004f ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
chr50 = $0050 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
chr51 = $0051 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
chr52 = $0052 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
chr53 = $0053 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
chr54 = $0054 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
chr55 = $0055 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
chr56 = $0056 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
chr57 = $0057 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
chr58 = $0058 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X
chr59 = $0059 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
chr5a = $005a ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
chr5b = $005b ; LEFT SQUARE BRACKET
chr5c = $005c ; REVERSE SOLIDUS
chr5d = $005d ; RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
chr5e = $005e ; CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
chr5f = $005f ; LOW LINE
chr60 = $0060 ; GRAVE ACCENT
chr61 = $0061 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER A
chr62 = $0062 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER B
chr63 = $0063 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER C
chr64 = $0064 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER D
chr65 = $0065 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER E
chr66 = $0066 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER F
chr67 = $0067 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER G
chr68 = $0068 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER H
chr69 = $0069 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER I
chr6a = $006a ; LATIN SMALL LETTER J
chr6b = $006b ; LATIN SMALL LETTER K
chr6c = $006c ; LATIN SMALL LETTER L
chr6d = $006d ; LATIN SMALL LETTER M
chr6e = $006e ; LATIN SMALL LETTER N
chr6f = $006f ; LATIN SMALL LETTER O
chr70 = $0070 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER P
chr71 = $0071 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
chr72 = $0072 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER R
chr73 = $0073 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER S
chr74 = $0074 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER T
chr75 = $0075 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER U
chr76 = $0076 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER V
chr77 = $0077 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER W
chr78 = $0078 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER X
chr79 = $0079 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
chr7a = $007a ; LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
chr7b = $007b ; LEFT CURLY BRACKET
chr7c = $007c ; VERTICAL LINE
chr7d = $007d ; RIGHT CURLY BRACKET
chr7e = $007e ; TILDE
chr7f = $2302 ; DELETE
chr80 = $00c7 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
chr81 = $00fc ; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
chr82 = $00e9 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
chr83 = $00e2 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
chr84 = $00e4 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
chr85 = $00e0 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
chr86 = $00e5 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
chr87 = $00e7 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
chr88 = $00ea ; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
chr89 = $00eb ; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
chr8a = $00e8 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
chr8b = $00ef ; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
chr8c = $00ee ; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
chr8d = $00ec ; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
chr8e = $00c4 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
chr8f = $00c5 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
chr90 = $00c9 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
chr91 = $00e6 ; LATIN SMALL LIGATURE AE
chr92 = $00c6 ; LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE AE
chr93 = $00f4 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
chr94 = $00f6 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
chr95 = $00f2 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
chr96 = $00fb ; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
chr97 = $00f9 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
chr98 = $00ff ; LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
chr99 = $00d6 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
chr9a = $00dc ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
chr9b = $00a2 ; CENT SIGN
chr9c = $00a3 ; POUND SIGN
chr9d = $00a5 ; YEN SIGN
chr9e = $20a7 ; PESETA SIGN
chr9f = $0192 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER F WITH HOOK
chra0 = $00e1 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
chra1 = $00ed ; LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
chra2 = $00f3 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
chra3 = $00fa ; LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
chra4 = $00f1 ; LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
chra5 = $00d1 ; LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
chra6 = $00aa ; FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
chra7 = $00ba ; MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR
chra8 = $00bf ; INVERTED QUESTION MARK
chra9 = $2310 ; REVERSED NOT SIGN
chraa = $00ac ; NOT SIGN
chrab = $00bd ; VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
chrac = $00bc ; VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
chrad = $00a1 ; INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK
chrae = $00ab ; LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
chraf = $00bb ; RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
chrb0 = $2591 ; LIGHT SHADE
chrb1 = $2592 ; MEDIUM SHADE
chrb2 = $2593 ; DARK SHADE
chrb3 = $2502 ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL
chrb4 = $2524 ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND LEFT
chrb5 = $2561 ; BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
chrb6 = $2562 ; BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
chrb7 = $2556 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
chrb8 = $2555 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
chrb9 = $2563 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND LEFT
chrba = $2551 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL
chrbb = $2557 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND LEFT
chrbc = $255d ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND LEFT
chrbd = $255c ; BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND LEFT SINGLE
chrbe = $255b ; BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND LEFT DOUBLE
chrbf = $2510 ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND LEFT
chrc0 = $2514 ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND RIGHT
chrc1 = $2534 ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND HORIZONTAL
chrc2 = $252c ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
chrc3 = $251c ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND RIGHT
chrc4 = $2500 ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT HORIZONTAL
chrc5 = $253c ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
chrc6 = $255e ; BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
chrc7 = $255f ; BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
chrc8 = $255a ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND RIGHT
chrc9 = $2554 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND RIGHT
chrca = $2569 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE UP AND HORIZONTAL
chrcb = $2566 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE DOWN AND HORIZONTAL
chrcc = $2560 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND RIGHT
chrcd = $2550 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE HORIZONTAL
chrce = $256c ; BOX DRAWINGS DOUBLE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL
chrcf = $2567 ; BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
chrd0 = $2568 ; BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
chrd1 = $2564 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
chrd2 = $2565 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
chrd3 = $2559 ; BOX DRAWINGS UP DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
chrd4 = $2558 ; BOX DRAWINGS UP SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
chrd5 = $2552 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOWN SINGLE AND RIGHT DOUBLE
chrd6 = $2553 ; BOX DRAWINGS DOWN DOUBLE AND RIGHT SINGLE
chrd7 = $256b ; BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL DOUBLE AND HORIZONTAL SINGLE
chrd8 = $256a ; BOX DRAWINGS VERTICAL SINGLE AND HORIZONTAL DOUBLE
chrd9 = $2518 ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT UP AND LEFT
chrda = $250c ; BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DOWN AND RIGHT
chrdb = $2588 ; FULL BLOCK
chrdc = $2584 ; LOWER HALF BLOCK
chrdd = $258c ; LEFT HALF BLOCK
chrde = $2590 ; RIGHT HALF BLOCK
chrdf = $2580 ; UPPER HALF BLOCK
chre0 = $03b1 ; GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA
chre1 = $00df ; LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
chre2 = $0393 ; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER GAMMA
chre3 = $03c0 ; GREEK SMALL LETTER PI
chre4 = $03a3 ; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA
chre5 = $03c3 ; GREEK SMALL LETTER SIGMA
chre6 = $00b5 ; MICRO SIGN
chre7 = $03c4 ; GREEK SMALL LETTER TAU
chre8 = $03a6 ; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER PHI
chre9 = $0398 ; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER THETA
chrea = $03a9 ; GREEK CAPITAL LETTER OMEGA
chreb = $03b4 ; GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA
chrec = $221e ; INFINITY
chred = $03c6 ; GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI
chree = $03b5 ; GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON
chref = $2229 ; INTERSECTION
chrf0 = $2261 ; IDENTICAL TO
chrf1 = $00b1 ; PLUS-MINUS SIGN
chrf2 = $2265 ; GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO
chrf3 = $2264 ; LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO
chrf4 = $2320 ; TOP HALF INTEGRAL
chrf5 = $2321 ; BOTTOM HALF INTEGRAL
chrf6 = $00f7 ; DIVISION SIGN
chrf7 = $2248 ; ALMOST EQUAL TO
chrf8 = $00b0 ; DEGREE SIGN
chrf9 = $2219 ; BULLET OPERATOR
chrfa = $00b7 ; MIDDLE DOT
chrfb = $221a ; SQUARE ROOT
chrfc = $207f ; SUPERSCRIPT LATIN SMALL LETTER N
chrfd = $00b2 ; SUPERSCRIPT TWO
chrfe = $25a0 ; BLACK SQUARE
chrff = $00a0 ; NO-BREAK SPACE
Notepad++ is a more flexible text editor than PB Ide.
If I understand correctly, you will have to stick to extended ASCII code numbers and avoid Unicode to be compatible with your device.
I have a similar problem with my projects and have learnt to live with it as is.
One rather drastic solution would be to create your own font with the correct characters in the extended 128-255 range.
Jim
Re: PB IDE font setup ...
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2025 11:44 pm
by marc_256
Hallo Jim,
yes, you understand my problem ...
this morning I started to create my own character font .ttf
its not easy but, so I can use it in all my industrial projects.
thanks,
marc