DM42 3.21 and lower case in menu functions

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dlachieze
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DM42 3.21 and lower case in menu functions

Post by dlachieze »

With the latest DM42 firmware version 3.21 we have now in CATALOG>MISC the functions "CAPS" and "Mixed" linked to the support of lowercase letters in the menu font that was introduced in Free42 3.0.6. However the support of lowercase letters in the menu font was already built in the DM42 menu font, so these functions are useless on the DM42 and don’t have any action that I can notice.

I would suggest to remove them from the next firmware update unless I’m missing a good reason to keep them on the DM42.
DM42: 00425 - DM41X: β00066 - WP43: 00042
rprosperi
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Re: DM42 3.21 and lower case in menu functions

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Indeed they are superfluous, but it was thought better to keep them in both for maintaining the maximum code compatibility possible and also for posted program listings w/instructions that may include them. No harm to keep them in and removing them could lead to issues in the future, so why not?
--bob p

DM42: β00071 & 00282, DM41X: β00071 & 00656, DM10L: 071/100
dlachieze
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Re: DM42 3.21 and lower case in menu functions

Post by dlachieze »

rprosperi wrote:
Tue Feb 22, 2022 2:00 am
it was thought better to keep them in both for maintaining the maximum code compatibility possible
Fine, but is there a reason preventing them to work on the DM42 as in Free42?
  • CAPS: display only upper case letters in menu items (convert lower case to upper case for display)
  • Mixed: display both upper and lower case letters in menu items
DM42: 00425 - DM41X: β00066 - WP43: 00042
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