Request for feature: alternate font

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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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rprosperi wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:47 pm
Conversely, someone that disagrees with a suggestion should feel free to ask "Why would you want such a thing, it makes no sense to me, at least for the way I use it?" without expecting to be jumped for daring to ask why?
I don't agree that people should be able to ask why anyone would want it. People want what they want. Just because it doesn't make sense to me doesn't mean no one else should want it. If it was up to me, the HP Prime would have no CAS mode and run Python as its native language. Do I expect anyone else to agree? No, that's just what I would use. I never question why someone wants something as long as they admit it's a personal preference and not some universal requirement that's better than anything else. Better is such a subjective word, it's practically useless! Some people tell me their program is better than mine because it's faster or uses fewer keystrokes. I write programs for readability, maintainability, and ease of porting to other machines. To me it's not worth saving memory or making a program a few seconds faster by writing convoluted statements that I won't be able to figure out in a few month's or year's time. Also that's why I don't like APL or RPL. I can write a program in either one but if I try to modify it down the road, forget it! I call them write-only languages.
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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rprosperi wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:47 pm
Guys... don't take this stuff so seriously, there is no need for these discussions to get personal; nothing is gained and most readers are turned-off and don't like the back-and-forth jabs.
After your first posting in this thread the topic should be from the table for a while instead of this some people changed the topic into bashing the HP-41 font, sometimes even without any arguments, that is a shame and not constructive. Discussions shoud be exchange of arguments instead. A low point has been reached when they become personal.
toml_12953 wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:32 pm
I don't agree that people should be able to ask why anyone would want it.
I don't realy understand your point in this, I see it the other way around. In particular, questioning ideas or wishes that you do not share yourself helps to understand or comprehend them.
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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Peet wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:14 pm
toml_12953 wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 6:32 pm
I don't agree that people should be able to ask why anyone would want it.
I don't realy understand your point in this, I see it the other way around. In particular, questioning ideas or wishes that you do not share yourself helps to understand or comprehend them.
I agree with Peet on this. I think it's healthy for people to ask 'why do want that?' if they simply don't understand the motivation. It's not about demanding that someone must justify their view, just simply asking why they want it, as it could be for reasons or uses the responder has not considered, and finding out why could provide insights and a fresh understanding of other viewpoints. If the answer doesn't help explain, or the responder still does not agree, then he/she is welcome to not agree, but doing so politely and with respect. Everyone's view is valid, even if it's downright 'wrong'. Your point about admitting something is a simple preference, as opposed to some manufactured justification, is also an important consideration and definitely should be employed more often than it typically is, but especially so when viewpoints diverge.
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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rprosperi wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:42 pm
Everyone's view is valid, even if it's downright 'wrong'.
+1 to your post, but I don't entirely agree with that point. So-called exclusionary opinions are not valid.
Thinks like "The only reason is ..." disrespects all other views. And as I said before, it is better to name the advantages of a request than to lower the status quo (and with it the opinion of others).
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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I would love to have the possibility to have the same font as the hp42s on the dm41x.
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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Now the real important thing: since the DM42 already is a multi-font device, when could we expect it to include the 41 font?
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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akaTB wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:12 pm
Now the real important thing: since the DM42 already is a multi-font device, when could we expect it to include the 41 font?
:mrgreen:
Please allow me reminding you: the HP-42 was launched some years after the HP-41C. Guess which font is more progressive? What's the reason for your wish to rewind technical development? Why should anyone choose a font featuring less resolution? Just want to understand...
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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Walter wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:20 pm
akaTB wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:12 pm
Now the real important thing: since the DM42 already is a multi-font device, when could we expect it to include the 41 font?
:mrgreen:
Please allow me reminding you: the HP-42 was launched some years after the HP-41C. Guess which font is more progressive? What's the reason for your wish to rewind technical development? Why should anyone choose a font featuring less resolution? Just want to understand...
Jesus Christ Walter! Do you have the faintest idea about the meaning of 'sense of humor'?

WTF does it mean when they launched? Also the 20S is newer than a 41C, guess which has the best font?
The reason? Because I like it. Does this fulfill your curiosity?
Do I really want this to happen? No, who cares.

And no, you don't want to understand, just make your point.
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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akaTB wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:47 pm
Walter wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:20 pm
akaTB wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 9:12 pm
Now the real important thing: since the DM42 already is a multi-font device, when could we expect it to include the 41 font?
:mrgreen:
Please allow me reminding you: the HP-42 was launched some years after the HP-41C. Guess which font is more progressive? What's the reason for your wish to rewind technical development? Why should anyone choose a font featuring less resolution? Just want to understand...
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Re: Request for feature: alternate font

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Walter wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:08 pm
akaTB wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:47 pm
Walter wrote:
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:20 pm

Please allow me reminding you: the HP-42 was launched some years after the HP-41C. Guess which font is more progressive? What's the reason for your wish to rewind technical development? Why should anyone choose a font featuring less resolution? Just want to understand...
Jesus Christ Walter!
Oooh Massimo, I'd never have called me this way! But if you do...

(It's like the postcard stating: Let's eat grandpa! And considerably smaller below: Punctuation can save lifes.)
I'm sure that you're older than 33.
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