2.3.4.3 Graphics-Mode Display Text (#G)

This command is used to display text in a graphics mode. The text is displayed with the position, color, font, size, and justification attributes specified by the Graphics-Mode Text/Shape Attributes command (2.3.4.9 Graphics-Mode Text/Shape Attributes (%A)).

Name:

Graphics-Mode Display Text

Class:

Display Text

Code:

#G

Syntax:

#G[text]

System:

Display the text text. text can not contain a `]' character.

Requires:

Cogsys must be in a graphics mode.

History:

Cogsys 2.7 had a #G which incorporated the functionality of the Graphics-Mode Text/Shape Attributes command (%A. See the history note for Graphics-Mode Text/Shape Attributes for more details (see section Graphics-Mode Text/Shape Attributes).

Test Files:

`GRTX_T01.IN'

tests basic operation

`GRTX_B01.IN'

benchmarks the display of 1000 characters in a standard font, size, color.

Examples:

input

%M2#G[hello from graphics mode!]#W5000%M0

cogsys

Switches to Cogsys mode 2 (640x480x256 colors), displays the string, waits 5 seconds, and returns to text mode. The string is displayed in the default font, size, color and justification at the location 0,0 (top left of the screen).