----- Original Message ----- From: "wolfgang mühlegger"
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Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic
gwicks schrieb:
Nevertheless Marcel has already made a considerable improvement to EasyPtr, but as yet it is only available to a few "beta testers". A pity for this work to be wasted by not being available (for a payment) to a wider group of users.
but why did he do it then? and why did he give it to beta-testers then?
As I understand it the history is as follows:
When QL-ers first started to program in GD2 colours, the possibility of upgrading EasyPtr was raised including a lot of discussion on this list. Just out of interest Marcel took a look at it and working through the night produced a version that could use GD2 colours directly. He sent copies to one or two people whom he knew were actively attempting to write programs in EasyPtr using the colours. I put "beta-testers" in inverted commas because this was probably not their intended role.
At this stage there was some doubt over the legal position, which in itself led to a lot of misunderstanding because no one had thought of asking Albin. I understand that he is quite happy for the program to be upgraded.
When I last saw the upgraded version all it did was allow you to use GD2 colours directly, but nothing else. For example, if you use high resolution sprites you have to load these into EasyMenu every time you make changes to a menu. This can be a bit of a pain in the neck if you have a lot of sprites in a program. (And we should remember that the new sprite technology means that we should be wanting to include more sprites and more sophisticated sprites in our programs.) I am not sure what changes have been made to the upgraded EasyPtr since I last saw it, but I can understand if Marcel says it is not yet ready for release. We have come to expect a high standard from Marcel, and thus we should respect his opinion on this and not pressure him to release an incomplete product.
It would be helpful if we could have an indication how far EasyPtr has developed and what is left to do. Then the sort of suggestions that Per made could be considered.
BTW this is just the sort of topic that could be discussed at Eindhoven on 18th June if we are successful in getting the After-Glow Show off the ground,
Best Wishes,
Geoff
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