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Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - Hans S. - 08-27-2017 02:00 PM
Hi everybody,
Today I encountered a behavior that seems to be somewhat strange. Is this a known bug? If so, I beg your pardon, but I didn't find this mentioned in the net.
App: "Function"; enter a function in the symbolic view (any should work)
Language: German, Englisch, Netherlands, Francais, etc., not tested with Chinese/Japanese etc.
Push the "Num" button. Left (X) column should be highlighted.
Push the "Defn" soft-button. Wenn moving to "Defn." (WITH the bullet!) the prime shoud say "Vars". So it does sometimes, but this happens not consistently. Sometimes (try to put in another function, or change the function, i. e. play around, can't it provoke it every time, but changing the function two or three times should do it) instead of "Vars" you (at least I do so) see chinese (japanese/korean?) characters - only on the physical Prime.
Yes, I know about my bad karma.
Regards,
Hans
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - Tim Wessman - 08-28-2017 05:51 PM
I've not been able to see this at all when testing using a freshly downloaded copy of the latest ROM. I did not test earlier versions.
Anyone else?
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - Hans S. - 08-28-2017 06:10 PM
(08-28-2017 05:51 PM)Tim Wessman Wrote: I've not been able to see this at all when testing using a freshly downloaded copy of the latest ROM.Tim,
should I be the only one? I can it still reproduce, but unfortunately not by force.
Today, it worked "correctly uncorrect" at my first try. Later on, the system worked as it should, say, ten times. Then again the chinese letters.
Would this help?:
Software Version: 2017 07 10 (12066)
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Serial Number: 3CD61703B6
Regards,
Hans
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - DrD - 08-28-2017 06:46 PM
I think I have followed your directions, but I have not seen the problem. If I did, I think I might use the diagnostic feature, and format disk c:, and reload the firmware. It might just be a karma corrector.
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - Arno K - 08-28-2017 08:05 PM
I tried hard, too. no success.
Arno
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - Hans S. - 08-29-2017 05:41 AM
(08-28-2017 08:05 PM)Arno K Wrote: I tried hard, too. no success.
Most probably, I found a necessary constraint:
Number Format has to be "Fixed", in my case "4"
Hans
Edit: Just "worked" also with the "Standard" number-format. Sorry for the confusion.
H.
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - Hans S. - 08-29-2017 05:50 AM
(08-28-2017 06:46 PM)DrD Wrote: (...) format disk c:, and reload the firmware.
What if I had the "British Guiana One Cent Magenta" of calculators?
Hans
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - Arno K - 08-29-2017 06:46 AM
Still no success.
Arno
RE: Chinese Characters in the "Function" App/Numeric View - DrD - 08-29-2017 06:59 AM
(08-29-2017 05:50 AM)Hans S. Wrote:(08-28-2017 06:46 PM)DrD Wrote: (...) format disk c:, and reload the firmware.
What if I had the "British Guiana One Cent Magenta" of calculators?
Hans
That would be one prime Prime. Perhaps, you could chrome it, and pawn it off to a wealthy collector, that had the yen for it?