unwanted question sign in dtext ?

[MRL]

Hello,

Every time when i'm using (command "._DTEXT" .......),
and i'm ready with typing, i get a question sign through the text.

This sign comes is over the first character of my text. It won't disappear after a regen, but it is gone then i'm reopening the drawing.

Is this normal? I don't think so! What is going wrong?

Martin

 

[Walt Engle]

Is this in a lisp routine? Why not just use DTEXT ? No underline or period. That's what I use and works fine.

 

[Jeff Mishler]

Walt -
It is proper procedure to include the underscore and period in lisp routines, although I forget to include them more often than not.

The underscore tells autocad to use the command as it was originally named, which means that the French and German and Japanese and whatever version will ALL work with the routine.

The period tells Autocad to use the native command even if it has been redefined.

As for the DTEXT command in lisp, I've found that using TEXT causes fewer, if any, problems.

Jeff

 

[Jeff Mishler]

You are correct. I see this error ONLY when using your shx file. Very strange.

Jeff

 

[MRL]

Do you need the source-file?

Martin

You are correct. I see this error ONLY when using your shx file. Very strange.

Jeff

 

[Walt Engle]

Yes, I am aware of the use of the period and underscore and I mistated my answer. first, I set STYLE and ARIAL in my acad.lsp. Then in my lsp routines I use TEXT (not dtext). This uses dtext. I also set my acad.pgp for "T" to DTEXT.

 

[Tom Smith]

Walt, in 2004 DTEXT is a discontinued command, because plain TEXT now behaves in the same way. In the 2004 pgp file, DTEXT is simply an alias for TEXT.

 

[akdrafter]

Jeff,

Hello again. Should one use the "._" on all commands used in lisp? Is there a reference that shows which commands can not be used in this manner?

"Catch" Ya Later,
AKDRAFTER

 

[ECCAD]

akdrafter,
Parden me for boning in here, but..
The "_command" syntax is for International calls to a given command. I think that it covers all commands. The ".command" syntax covers contigency that a 'real' command can be 'undefined', hence, recovery path. Gets you the 'original' code.
Bob