WAIT, PRINT and timeout

[StephenG1CMZ]

(07-18-2015 07:32 PM)salvomic Wrote:  

(07-18-2015 07:14 PM)StephenG1CMZ Wrote:  If the screen dims, is there a standardised button that will un-dim it?
Without doing anything else?
(Comparable to hitting Shift on a PC, which is often the least intrusive key to press).

Or will we need logic like:
Wait until tap (but ignore tap in this pixel, except maybe for calling MAKEBRIGHT).

And if a program wants to ensure the screen is bright, is there such a routine - or is writing something to the screen sufficient to un-dim (if so, can you write NULL?)

I don't yet have a Prime to check for myself.

hi Stephen,
I don't think there are other way to un-dim, except ON+"plus", ON+"minus" or such a routine...

ciao, 73
Salvo (IT9CLU)

I imagine the on + and on - change the brightness during use to adapt to ambient lighting...
I'd expect typing any key or tapping the screen to un-dim a screen that has temporarily dimmed as a power-saving change.

But I am seeking a key that will un-dim the screen without having a side-effect, such as pressing Enter maybe also causing a program to continue.

Or is it the case that when the screen has dimmed the only effect is to un-dim, without a program otherwise seeing that keypress and doing something (like responding to a prompt you cannot see because the screen was dimmed).