[Coco] Underscore in Filename in DECB

[mike delyea]

CHR$(95) is a left pointing arrow complete with tail.  The original
message said right pointing but had a "<-" as the example.



On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Robert Gault
<robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> mike delyea wrote:
>>
>> Also, isn't it possible that the filename could have been produced by
>> a string of ASCII characters?  Something like
>> NA$=CHR$(BLAH)+CHR$(BLAH)+CHR$(LEFT ARROW)+CHR$(BLAH), then OPENed for
>> output.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Robert Gault
>> <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> CoCo Mongrel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> OK doggonnit,
>>>>
>>>> I've got some files in DECB that have what I think are stand-ins for the
>>>> underscore character.  They appear as a right-pointing arrow [ <- (but a
>>>> single character)].  I can't remember how to produce this character on
>>>> the
>>>> CoCo 3 keyboard in DECB.  You can get it with <alt><-> in TW128.  But I
>>>> want
>>>> to type this at the DECB command prompt.  A <shift><[down-arrow]>
>>>> produces
>>>> the character on the screen, but also apparently a carriage return.  And
>>>> though it appears the same on the screen, I'm not sure it's the same
>>>> character...
>>>>
>>>> cocomongrel
>>>>
>>> There is no right pointing arrow produced by the ROMs. There is a left
>>> pointing arrow <- which is what you drew in your question.
>>> SHIFT up-arrow will produce  <-  on the screen from Basic.
>>> The only other arrow is the up-arrow produced by the up-arrow key.
>>>
>
> A string like that can only produce characters stored in the Coco ROM or
> video chip. It would be different if you were running a graphics program
> that displayed characters internal to the program. Then you could display
> almost anything.
>
> If you can find some CHR$ string that prints -> as a single character
> instead of a minus sign - and then the > sign, please post it. That was the
> request of the OP.
>
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