[TI BASIC] Turn off run indicator in BASIC?

Gambit · Post by **Gambit** » Fri 13 May, 2005 4:32 am

No, it's on a per-program basis, meaning you'll have to reset the flag everytime the program runs. But for BASIC, the Output( trick'll suffice.

That_One_Guy · Post by **That_One_Guy** » Fri 13 May, 2005 8:14 pm

Bloody hell, it does work...thats cool! I wonder why that is...i tried different ways, and i found out that just " will work, at the end of the program. It leaves a space where Done is supposed to be, but its gone.

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Sat 14 May, 2005 1:18 am

You can also put something else on the last line of your program and it will be displayed instead of done. But why is it that everyone hates "Done" so much?

That_One_Guy · Post by **That_One_Guy** » Sat 14 May, 2005 1:26 am

Its kinda...unprofessional. I dont have much against it, but i like showing my apprentices how much better i am than them. Of course, i leave them hangin for a bit then i tell them the secret.

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Sat 14 May, 2005 3:34 pm

I guess I'm unprofessional then. I just put a ClrHome at the end of programs, leaving me with a blank screen and a Done at the top.

Shadow Phoenix · Post by **Shadow Phoenix** » Sat 14 May, 2005 5:30 pm

It works because it writes 8 spaces on top of Done....didnt you know it?

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Sat 14 May, 2005 9:33 pm

I know it, I just don't see the point of using it.

I don't think it "writes spaces on top of Done" though... It just displays an empty string instead.

CalcKing · Post by **CalcKing** » Wed 18 May, 2005 8:07 pm

If you use the Output(x,x," trick, the calculator probably resets the Display Done Flag. When the program ends without using Disp or some other scrolling/non-Output homescreen text command, the "Done" message is not displayed. This was probably a feature to avoid the "Done" string overwriting any results that a program might display without making sure that the cursor for text was below the message that they wanted. </rant>

DJ_O · Post by **DJ_O** » Wed 18 May, 2005 8:13 pm

Just to come back on turning off the run indicator off in BASIC discussion by using grayscale with Omnicalc and xLIB it make the run indicator almost invisible, even if the is nothing displayed over it

MissingIntellect · Post by **MissingIntellect** » Thu 19 May, 2005 8:21 pm

Note that certain commands will reset the run indicator (i.e. turn it back on).

To make the run indicator invisible, put this in a loop...

Home Screen:
Output(1,16,"
Graph Screen:
Text(-1,0,90,"

koolmansam375 · Post by **koolmansam375** » Thu 19 May, 2005 8:42 pm

MissingIntellect wrote:Note that certain commands will reset the run indicator (i.e. turn it back on).

Yea with the AsmPrgm (EF7045) the run indicator is turned back on by graph screen instructions

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Thu 15 Sep, 2005 11:56 pm

Here's a list of some that should be useful:

EF50B3C9 = check batteries: 1 = fine
EF4546C9 = clears the screen fully
EF4045C9 = turns the run indicator off
EFD04BC9 = clears the graph screen

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Sat 17 Sep, 2005 12:55 am

Is clearing the screen like that actually faster than ClrDraw?

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Sat 17 Sep, 2005 1:02 am

Probably not.

KevinJB · Post by **KevinJB** » Sat 17 Sep, 2005 2:06 am

And furthermore, what would it do with the value returned by the bcall for battery power? It's returned to the register A.