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Effect
Defines how the Hangul characters, used in Korea, available after pressing on the HANGUL key, are displayed in the following screen modes : SCREEN 0 to 8 (it is not limited to the bitmap screens, according Plaire website).
Version 4 of Hangul BASIC developed in ROM format by Korean MSX fan Plaire extends this instruction to
- characters from non-Korean machines, that are available after pressing of KANA/CYRILLIC key to switch to Japanese or Russian characters or when pressing simultaneously the CODE key on all other machines if the Korean characters are not selected
- non-Korean MSX, MSX2, MSX2+ and MSX Turbo R machines
- the MSX2+ screen modes : SCREEN 10 to 12
Note: By default, the Daewoo CPC-400/400S boots in the '8 x 16 pixels - Characters grouped into blocks' mode to display characters, except if you press ESC + SELECT when booting until you can year a beep, what will launch the '8 x 8 pixels - Characters not grouped into blocks' mode.
Syntax
SET HAN <CharactersSize>,<ScreenDisplay>,<PrinterDisplay>
Specify at least one parameter. Parameters can not end with a comma alone.
Parameters
<CharactersSize>
0: 8 x 8 pixels
1: 8 x 16 pixels
<ScreenDisplay>
0: Characters not grouped into blocks
1: Characters grouped into blocks (initial state when booting without pressing ESC + SELECT or not previously changed with SET SYSTEM on CPC-400/400S - default state on other machines)
Remarks:
- the only reasonable combinations of the 2 first parameters are SET HAN 0,0 (same effect as CALL HANOFF) and SET HAN 1,1 (same effect as CALL HANON)
- in programs, always use SET HAN instead of CALL HANON or CALL HANOFF
- SET HAN can't be used in SCREEN 9, that is optimized for display of Korean characters.
<PrinterDisplay>
0: Characters not grouped into blocks
1: Characters grouped into blocks (initial state when booting without pressing ESC + SELECT or not previously changed with SET SYSTEM on CPC-400/400S - default state on other machines)
Related to
Compatibility
Hangul BASIC version 2 or higher