Printing in Bold (I'll try again)

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2 total messages Started by Alan Groupe Tue, 09 Sep 1986 00:44

#7849

Author: Alan Groupe
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1986 00:44

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I want to thank those people who responded to my original query by mail.
However, I apparently did not make myself very clear.

I realize that every other byte in the video space is an attribute
character. That was not the question.

There is a DOS function that prints out a string (terminated with a $) on
the screen. This string is printed out with an attribute that I presume
is determined in one of the following ways:

	1) always normal intensity
	2) whatever attribute was at that location before
	3) a "default" attribute that is set somewhere in DOS

The question was (and still is), if option 3 is what is used, how can
I set this default attribute? I want to print out a string in bold using
the DOS function (if I can get away with it), but don't want to use
ANSI, NANSI, FANSI, etc.

Thanks

		Alan

Re: Printing in Bold (I'll try again)

#7866

Author: SCHEUTZOW,MICHAEL J
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1986 16:59

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> There is a DOS function that prints out a string (terminated with a $) on
> the screen. This string is printed out with an attribute that I presume
> is determined in one of the following ways:
> 
> 	1) always normal intensity
> 	2) whatever attribute was at that location before
> 	3) a "default" attribute that is set somewhere in DOS
> 
This response is off-the-cuff, but it is my guess that DOS uses the
video-bios call named 'write teletype'.  If this is true, then option
2 is the only one which really exists (from DOS's point of view).  Note
however that if the screen scrolls, the "new" line at the bottom is 
set for "normal" characteristics, so when characters are written to it 
they will appear normal.

You should also note that 'bold', per se, is impossible without creating
a new character set.  Your choices are: underlined, normal intensity, high
intensity, reverse and flashing.  To get these will problably require the
use of of video-bios call 'write attribute and char'.  Also note that this
call will *not* advance the cursor (at least on my ATT6300).

I hope this helps.  I have a request: if the netter sees this on news, 
I'd appreciate it if he'd acknowledge it by email.  It seems like some 
of our news has been sent to /dev/null lately.

Mike Scheutzow
Georgia Tech
gt6294b@gitpyr.uucp

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