🪲 Fixed: Custom Characters Tool

At some point, I did something that broke the Custom Characters Tool, and I only noticed the problem tonight a few hours after releasing a new version of BAM.

Seeing as I've fixed the problem, why would I wait to release the fix at any other date/time than now?

BAM provides the ability to assign new custom 8 x 8 characters (defined via simple strings) to ASCII codes.  You do this with a LETCHR$ statement.  For example:

LETCHR$ (1, "........" _
          + "........" _
          + "..XXXX.." _
          + ".XX  XX." _
          + ".XX  XX." _
          + "..XXXX.." _
          + "........" _
          + "........")
PRINT CHR$(1);

Use the "Custom Characters" tool to graphically design your custom characters.

Clicking on the menu item will open a "Custom Characters Manager" dialog.

You will see that I'm in the process of creating multiple characters.  I want to create some 16x16 bit icons, each icon using 2x2 characters.

Clicking an edit button will open the character editor in a brand new window.  (This allows you to edit any number of characters simultaneously, each character in its own character editor window.)

Click a square in the grid to toggle pixels on/off.

As you create your character, you will find templates for the equivalent LETCHR$ statement that creates the same character.  (one statement with a horizontal layout, and one statement with a vertical layout.)  You can then copy whichever statement you prefer into your program.  Just replace the "???" with an ASCII character code you don't mind changing.