83Plus:BCALLs:455E

Synopsis

Official Name: VPutMap

BCALL Address: 455E

Displays a character on screen in the small variable-width font at the current cursor location.

Inputs

• A = TI-ASCII code of character to display

Outputs

• character at coordinate (penRow, penCol)

Destroys

• A, DE, HL, IX

Comments

This B_CALL outputs the character stored in A at the current cursor location. Unlike its large-font equivalent PutMap, it updates the cursor, and the coordinates are measured in pixels instead of characters and lines.

Example

Shows É in the upper-left hand corner of the screen:

ld a, LcapEAcute
ld hl, $0000
ld (penCol),hl
B_CALL VPutMap