Hi, all,

I have a problem with the Renegade source code. The printf procedure, which does not work at all. Maybe it's a porting issue. I don't know. But, anyway,
I cannot use it, and it doesn't work. So, I had to create a work-around.. Here's a simple workaround I came up with.
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procedure displayansi(aString : string);

Var f: File;

begin
fpsystem('cat '+general.miscpath + aString);
end;

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I need to come up with something that works better, the code is dirty, and I need to replace it. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Tips? Suggestions?
One weird thing is, when I use the printf procedure, the ansis do not
display, but for some reason, when I press the "?" key (the "?" key is set to display the main menu ansi, for example), it actually displays the ansi.. strange. Anyway, i'm looking for suggestions.

Mucho thanks,
ignatius

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on 08 Oct 2021, ignatius said...

I have a problem with the Renegade source code. The printf procedure, which does not work at all. Maybe it's a porting issue. I don't know.
But, anyway, I cannot use it, and it doesn't work.

Anyone have any thoughts on this? Tips? Suggestions? One weird thing is, when I use the printf procedure, the ansis do not display, but for some reason, when I press the "?" key (the "?" key is set to display the main menu ansi, for example), it actually displays the ansi.. strange.

I'm sure that's a *major* clue as to what the problem actually is. Have you done any debugging? I'm sure with some breakpoints and step-throughs you
could find the cause relatively quickly. Who did this port? It seems odd to leave such a fundamental feature broken. :/

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