TEXTSYMBOL <symbol>
 
selects the current text symbol from the current textset file.
 
argument
 
<symbol> - specifies the symbol number of a text symbol defined in a textset
file.  This symbol will become the current text symbol.  <symbol> must be an
integer between 1 and 999.  There is no default <symbol> number because when
ARCPLOT starts up, the current text symbol is set to the hardware default.
 
notes
 
If you do not give the TEXTSET command to access a specific textset file
before you give the TEXTSYMBOL command, TEXTSYMBOL will access a symbol number
from the default TEXTSET file.
 
A textset file is a system file that stores symbol definitions for a set
of up to 999 text symbols.  Each symbol is identified by a symbol number
between 1 and 999.  This symbol number is specified in the TEXTSYMBOL command
to select a text symbol from a textset file to be the current text symbol.
 
ARCPLOT maintains 1035 numbered locations in memory for retaining symbol
definitions.  Symbol numbers 1011-1035 are reserved for template symbols, to be
used in the LINEEDIT menu.  Symbol numbers 1001-1010 are reserved for ARCPLOT
transactions only.  The current symbol is always copied to the location of
1000, replacing the previous settings.  (This is why you can have only 999
symbols, or a symbol other than 1000.)  Using the symbol location 1000 to store
your current line characteristic edits enables you to make changes to the
current settings without altering a specified text symbol.
 
Once you have set the current symbol with the TEXTSYMBOL command, you can
still change the individual characteristics of the current text symbol by
giving commands like TEXTSIZE, TEXTCOLOR, TEXTQUALITY, etc.  For example, in
these commands:
 
Arcplot: TEXTSET CITIES.TXT
Arcplot: TEXTSYMBOL 6
Arcplot: TEXTSIZE 0.07
Arcplot: TEXTCOLOR 4
 
the TEXTSYMBOL command is used to set the current text symbol to be symbol
number 6 from a customized textset file called ROADS.LIN.  The current symbol
will now have the same characteristics as in symbol 45.  The TEXTSIZE command
is then used to increase the size of the current symbol to 0.07 inches, and the
TEXTCOLOR command is used to set the current symbol to be color number 4.
Note that the changes specified with TEXTCOLOR and TEXTSIZE do not change how
text symbol 6 is stored in the textset file.
 
A TEXTsymbol for which there is no text symbol definition in either a
specified textset file or the default textset file, will leave the current text
symbol unchanged.  For example, if a textset file featuring symbols 1 TO 200
has been accessed with the TEXTSET command, a TEXTSYMBOL specification greater
than 200 will be ignored and the current text symbol will remain unchanged.
 
Giving TEXTSYMBOL as 0 specifies that no current text symbol will be
drawn.  No current text symbol will be drawn until TEXTSYMBOL is given again
with a valid text symbol number.
 
When ARCPLOT starts up, the current text symbol defaults to TEXTFONT 0,
the hardware default font.  This default text symbol is drawn in color
device index 1 (usually white on a color graphics terminal).  These are
the characteristics of this startup default text:
 
TEXTANGLE  0
TEXTCOLOR  1
TEXTFONT  0
TEXTPEN  0  BUTT   MITER
TEXTQUALITY  CONSTANT
TEXTSIZE  0
TEXTSLANT  0
TEXTSPACING  0
TEXTSTYLE  SIMPLE
TEXTANGLE  0
 
This default text symbol is not taken from a textset file and has no TEXTSYMBOL
number.
 
The default text environment settings are:
 
TEXTJUSTIFICATION  LL
TEXTOFFSET  0,0
TEXTPRECISION  3
TEXTSCALE  1
