03-09-2025, 03:17 AM
255 for QB64PE, for whatever reason, just maps directly back to 32. (It's just another plain, normal blank space.)
In the code I posted, I had it map to those unicode values, so you actually have two entries for a blank space. The only way you'll have anything different is if you:
_MAPUNICODE 255 TO (a different value than 32)
Why Galleon decided to set it up in such a manner, I don't know. If I had to guess, it'd be so users could reserve that one character as a quick-toggle to swap it in and out for whatever character they might need to display otherwise. By default, it's just a space -- but we already have a space (32), so it can be replaced and customized on the fly as needed.
In the code I posted, I had it map to those unicode values, so you actually have two entries for a blank space. The only way you'll have anything different is if you:
_MAPUNICODE 255 TO (a different value than 32)
Why Galleon decided to set it up in such a manner, I don't know. If I had to guess, it'd be so users could reserve that one character as a quick-toggle to swap it in and out for whatever character they might need to display otherwise. By default, it's just a space -- but we already have a space (32), so it can be replaced and customized on the fly as needed.