Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr
On 16.06.2002 21:02:43, James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As to the above suggestion for translation, I would very much appreciate an English version of it. Even though I am getting pretty comfortable with the pointer environment and Easy Ptr, I still have a few quirks that might be explained in the articles. And I know I have gone through a lot of trial and error that such articles may help others avoid. Jim I suggested a translation to Geoff Wicks because I know that he speaks German. But I am aware of the fact that this would be a lot of work, because the articles are about 20 A4-pages. I myself neither have the time to translate it at the moment, nor is my English good enough, I'm afraid, to do it well enough. But what do we have this group for? Quarreling for months about this license has in my opinion brought the QL-community more apart than together. Wouldn't it be fine to discuss problems like EasyPtr- and other software-problems and help each other? I feel this has always been the strength of us QLers. I would be glad to help any Basic-programmer with EasyPtr as far as I can. The last months I have for example done a lot of tinkering and trying to bringEasyPtr to using the new colours. I have learnt a lot by doing so and am prepared to help if people have questions with this. As an example for what can be done with this, have a look on my freeware-suite QcoLour and MfColour (get it at Dilwyn's or Marcel Kilgus's site) Wolfgang Uhlig
Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr
On 18.06.2002 21:53:06, Geoff Wicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I don't speak German, although I have some knowledge of it. Trying to speak it scares me stiff, ... That's the problem: when you are stiff, speaking gets difficult ;-) If you like you can still send the articles to me and I can have a look at them. I'll do! This discussion has given me an idea. Would anyone be interested in a workshop on using EasyPTR? The sort of thing I am thinking about is saying running a two hour workshop during a QL show, where those of us who have experience of EasyPTR could help others with their programs in the hope that we could encourage more people to try working with the program. We would need to structure it somehow. Anyone any ideas or opinions? Geoff Wicks Sounds like a good idea, unfortunately not for me, living in Holland. But as I said, bringing problems into this group would help in many cases, I think. Wolfgang Uhlig
[ql-users] Re:Easymenu
Roy wrote: Funnily enough nor did I and I sell it. Can some one enlighten me ? Oh, I was quite sure that I had told you when I sent you my new Colour Picker. As Marcel points out, it is not really a new Easymenu. I should have added that. Some features are missing and the created application windows are not handled correctly later in the program. But on a whole it makes creating menus a lot easier than before. Also: I was not aware of the fact that Easymenu is still 'sold'. I thought the sources to have been free for a longer time now. How, Roy and/ Marcel, am I supposed to react if someone wants to have the new Easymenu? Wolfgang
[ql-users] Re: [ql-users] RE: [ql-users] 1000 to spend!
Heheheee, you might as well tell some of the customers: alternative way: write it down yourself using a typewriter. Jochen Claude Mourier 00 wrote: Alternative way (rather then writing printer driver obsolete in a couple of month) : to provide a way to export documents with all attributes and print then with tools like, saiy, OpenOffice .. I wonder what kind of documents are written on a QL in order to print them. What could all attributes mean? bold, italic and underline?? Images? Forget it! Different fonts? Forget it! Layout? Forget it! Prove me wrong but most of the documents would be a listing here and a small letter there. These can be printed without a problem using the small driver utilities we have for HP and Epson. If people really want to write a state of the art document, they use Windows- or Linux programs anyway, I suppose. Wolfgang
[ql-users] Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] RE: [ql-users] 1000 to spend!
Sorry - they cannot be printed with the small driver utilities which we have, unless you have specific printers - most modern, low cost printers (eg 99% of the EPSON range) will only print graphics !! They do not recognise a string of plain ASCII text sent to them - this is why we are faced with the problem! OK, I don't know much about Epson printers, I admit, but as to HP printers, they all _still_ understand direct (HPPCL-) commands and you can print plain text to them without a problem from the QL. Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] Re:Easymenu
Roy wrote: a) Since the code is unfinished and has bugs I would not give it to anyone who was not actively working with Marcel as a beta tester. b) Unless Albin has declared it to be a free program it should only be available from Jochen or Q Branch. I know that you acted in good faith and there is no censure involved here. Okay :) By the way have been trying to get QCoCo to work on the Q40 and it fails with the message : LINE 980 SP_GET value out of range As far as I remember there was something with a SMSQE version for Q40 which seemed to be new but even so produced this fault. I cannot reproduce it because I have no Q40. Try to get the newest version of Wolfgang Lenerz, test it and write me again, will you? Otherwise you could also configure QCoCo to start with a (default-)theme, then you will not have this problem. Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] Re:Easymenu
Banged my head against the wall a couple of times!!! Well done :-)) Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] Menu_rext
Hi, no problem here whatsoever QPC, Menurext 7.65, SMSQ/E 3.04 Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] dragdrop
@ Dilwyn The easy alternative is to make a 'text' sprite which is made into the pointer sprite when the item to be dragged is text. This could be as simple as a sprite which looks like the letters 'TEXT' with a black border around it! (This is what I do in my programs). That's not what I mean. I mean a sprite made out of a string, got out of a list of strings by MTEXT$ for example. The format of blobs and patterns are documented in pages 107-109 of the QPTR guide. Unfortunately, I never had much success using them with Easyptr and I don't know why. Me neither Reading text items from the screen is not very easy as ... That's not what I want to do @Wolfgang Do yo want to make a string into a sprite on the fly? Yes, I thought, I wrote that ;-) This would be a rather non trivial task! That's what I was afraid of. What would be the problem when trying to do this? Wolfgang
Re: [ql-users] dragdrop
Per wrote: I thought Id have a go just to demonstrate: 100 s = SCR_BASE + SCR_LLEN + 4 : rem Start at top left of screen 110 xs = 100: ys = 10 : rem X/y size 150 POKE_L a, $2200020: rem Mode 32 sprite w alpha channel Per, this is GREAT! It works fine, you can take the sprite into an EasyPtr program, making it the actual pointer sprite with SPRS. It can even be longer than 64 pixels in contrary to what Marcel says. Crazy :-)) I have two questions, though: 1) With the PVAL procedure (result%(10 and 11)) I can determine the origin of a window. How would I have to alter your line 100 when PVAL returns xorg%=500, yorg%=300 (just to take an example) 2) In line 150 you define the opacity of the sprite. Could you explain which change to the value would result in which degree of opacity? Thanks in advance, Wolfgang
[ql-users] Re: [ql-users] 1000 to spend! (2nd attempt!)
Geoff Wicks wrote: This means that Quanta would have a sum of about £1,000 each year to spend on QL development. How should they spend this money? On march, 8th, Laurence Reeves answered:: 1000 pounds to the person who ports OpenOffice? ;) That seems like a lot of cash for what is a pretty trivial task. Lau If it's so trivial a task, why don't you do it for the money, Geoff offers you, Lau? ;-)) Wolfgang
