Text escape sequences not working - What am I missing?

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Text escape sequences not working - What am I missing?

Post by lphilpot » Mon Jan 01, 2018 4:18 am

QCAD Pro 3.19.2 on Linux

I'm reading / working through the QCAD book and tried some text sequences. When I insert them with the property editor or dimension dialog fields, they work. However, if I try to put them in a text block or add them to a dimension after the fact, they're treated literally. For example:

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I thought I might have the syntax wrong, so I copied the examples on the left from the QCAD PDF (pasted into a text editor first, then recopied to verify no hidden characters were captured). The dimensions on the right were done in property editor fields and they work, but based on a previous attempt if I were to remove the tolerances and enter them as S\<superscript\<subscript>;, they'll show up literally as on the left.

I created the text entities and pasted the escape sequences directly into the source window of the text editor:

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So what am I missing or doing worng? :wink:

Thanks.
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Re: Text escape sequences not working - What am I missing?

Post by andrew » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:10 am

This has indeed changed at one point (for compatibility reasons). The sequences should be:

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100m\S2^;
X\S^1;
10\S+0.10^-0.25;
Σ\S6^k=2;(k\S2^;)
I've also adjusted this in the book for the next release of the e-book / printed book. Thanks.

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Re: Text escape sequences not working - What am I missing?

Post by lphilpot » Fri Jan 05, 2018 2:27 am

Ah, makes sense. Thanks!
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