Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

Thanks to everyone for your help. I got it to work, D. On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Bob Spelten via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Op Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:59:28 +0200 schreef Daniel Baum via Ql-Users < > ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: > > Hi all, >> >> I am trying to get my head

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

This might be handy too then, it's the official 68000 programmers manual, covering all the cpus: http://www.nxp.com/docs/en/reference-manual/M68000PRM.pdf Have fun. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

Hi Norman, I am familiar with your excellent Assembly Language book. I will take a look at the toolkit that you mention; it certainly sounds as if it could be used as a template for what I am looking for. Come to think of it, I have actually never written any assembly language on the QL, as far

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

Evening Daniel, Re assembly language and writing extensions, my eBook has a few chapters on that. Help yourself to http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/downloads/QLToday/QL_Assembly.pdf. If you need to return two values, or four, then take a look at the DJTOOLKIT sources at

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

Hi François, Thanks for the pointer to Dilwyn's tutorial. It is helpful but it doesn't contain what I was looking for. I did eventually find the answer here: http://www.qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=3=1027 The solution involves PEEKing the window definition table, which is effective, but not

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

Op 8/09/2017 om 19:59 schreef Daniel Baum via Ql-Users: Hi all, I am trying to get my head around EasyPtr (again). I have been playing with the new ability to create resizable windows. This turns out to be not terribly difficult, and I was able to create a resizable version of the calculator

[Ql-Users] EasyPtr and rescalable windows.

Hi all, I am trying to get my head around EasyPtr (again). I have been playing with the new ability to create resizable windows. This turns out to be not terribly difficult, and I was able to create a resizable version of the calculator from Norman Dunbar's tutorial without suffering too much.

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPTR vs Button Frame :-)

PS You will probably also need some kind of toolkit to reserve and release a slot in the Button Frame. If you dont have one and dont feel like writing your own, you may use mine. Its just over 300b of code. Per On 4 September 2017 at 23:02, Per Witte wrote: > Yes, but not

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPTR vs Button Frame :-)

Yes, but not with Wman. You have to devise your own. Per On 4 September 2017 at 20:20, Giorgio Garabello via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote: > Hello to all. > Has anyone ever tried to insert an EasyPTR menu inside the Button Frame? > Is it possible? > > Greetings > Giorgio >

[Ql-Users] EasyPTR vs Button Frame :-)

Hello to all. Has anyone ever tried to insert an EasyPTR menu inside the Button Frame? Is it possible? Greetings Giorgio ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr question

Hi John, The menu will actually load into easyMenu. The problem is loading it into SBasic. I'm wondering whether I need to predefine a large screen area before loading it? The smaller menus load OK. D. D.. On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:50 AM, John Gilpin via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr question

Hi Daniel, I had a similar problem regarding a large menu in EP4. I originally wrote it without any problems but when I came to load it again to make some slight changes I found that it wouldn't load. A member from the local Sub Group was also playing about with it and he found that it would

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr question

Which video resolution are you using? 2017-08-27 22:40 GMT+02:00 Daniel Baum via Ql-Users < ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com>: > Hi all, > > Almost 20 years ago I wrote a program called Qbase, and now I am trying to > run and compile the source code. > > There are two versions, the older one is mostly

[Ql-Users] Easyptr question

Hi all, Almost 20 years ago I wrote a program called Qbase, and now I am trying to run and compile the source code. There are two versions, the older one is mostly text based, with a few added menus. This version runs and compiles without any problems. The newer version was written with

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Ok, but it *had* worked without problems. But the program was abandonded after the changes in PE. - Original Message - From: "Wolf" Hi, IIRC that's because you might get non rectangular outlines. That complicates matters quite bit, when saving/restoring part of the window. HTH

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Ralf Reköndt wrote: > I remember that the first PE versions allowed secondaries to be outside of > primaries, and that worked, as I have seen at minimum one program, ehich > have used that. I am not sure, why TT has changed that. Wild guess: because every secondary window then had to have its own

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

I remember that the first PE versions allowed secondaries to be outside of primaries, and that worked, as I have seen at minimum one program, ehich have used that. I am not sure, why TT has changed that. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: "Marcel Kilgus" Dilwyn Jones wrote:

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Ok, but it *had* worked without problems. But the program was abandonded after the changes in PE. - Original Message - From: "Wolf" Hi, IIRC that's because you might get non rectangular outlines. That complicates matters quite bit, when saving/restoring part of the window. HTH

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

SETW is the program I was trying to remember, and failing miserably! Dilwyn, sorry, I can't remember which edition of Quanta the articles were originally published in. I checked my ources and they are not Quill, nor are they Perfection. I have a vague recollection that they might be Write.exe

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Hi, IIRC that's because you might get non rectangular outlines. That complicates matters quite bit, when saving/restoring part of the window. HTH Wolfgang On 04/07/2016 08:06 PM, Ralf Reköndt wrote: I remember that the first PE versions allowed secondaries to be outside of primaries, and

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

I remember that the first PE versions allowed secondaries to be outside of primaries, and that worked, as I have seen at minimum one program, ehich have used that. I am not sure, why TT has changed that. Cheers...Ralf - Original Message - From: "Marcel Kilgus" Dilwyn Jones wrote:

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Thanks all for the birthday wishes. It seems I'm not the only one with "leaky RAM" then, judging by the comments. Could someone please put John Gilpin out of his PDF misery and feed the Easy Pointer Guide I wrote through QStripper and save the files as PDFs. The utility creates text searchable

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Op Thu, 07 Apr 2016 16:25:29 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones : The reason for that fullscreen is that when you View a menu from the list this will most likely be bigger than the Main AppMan window, so the outline is set as big as possible.Some time ago Per Witte

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Along with people like Bob, I remember breaking your hard work a few times, > I think it was down to me doing things nobody thought of like an application > window menu with just one or item or something like that. Hope you've > forgiven us all by now ;-) Forgive you, Bob

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Op Thu, 07 Apr 2016 15:31:58 +0200 schreef Dilwyn Jones : It's about time I finish my update for AppMan. Bob Would it be possible for the AppMan program outline to be changed? It seems to cover the whole screen whereas actually using only a small percentage

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Dilwyn Jones wrote: > Would it be possible for the AppMan program outline to be changed? It seems > to cover the whole screen whereas actually using only a small percentage of > it, hiding all other programs in the process. IIRC that is because it is able to display the menus and it can only do

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

> On 7 Apr 2016, at 12:19, Norman Dunbar wrote: > > A most enjoyable read, thanks Marcel. I might even take you up on the offer > of EasyMenu 4 sometime, but these days I'm using George's not-quite-WYSIWYG > assembly utilities. (Due to old age - 56 today - I'm afraid I

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

thing like that. Hope you've forgiven us all by now ;-) Thank you Marcel. Dilwyn Jones -Original Message- From: Marcel Kilgus Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2016 11:44 PM To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Subject: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me I wrote up a short tale about my life with EasyPtr. Plus ther

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

It's about time I finish my update for AppMan. Bob Would it be possible for the AppMan program outline to be changed? It seems to cover the whole screen whereas actually using only a small percentage of it, hiding all other programs in the process. That's my only little niggle about it,

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Op 7/04/2016 om 0:44 schreef Marcel Kilgus: I wrote up a short tale about my life with EasyPtr. Plus there's a gift at the end: http://www.kilgus.net/2016/04/07/easyptr-and-me/ Enjoy! If not the tale, then at least the gift ;) Cheers, Marcel ___

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Bob Spelten wrote: >> I wrote up a short tale about my life with EasyPtr. Plus there's a >> gift at the end: >> >> http://www.kilgus.net/2016/04/07/easyptr-and-me/ >> >> Enjoy! If not the tale, then at least the gift ;) Cheers, Marcel > > I like the tale. Thanks. > My copy of EP3 was bought in

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Op Thu, 07 Apr 2016 00:44:35 +0200 schreef Marcel Kilgus : I wrote up a short tale about my life with EasyPtr. Plus there's a gift at the end: http://www.kilgus.net/2016/04/07/easyptr-and-me/ Enjoy! If not the tale, then at least the gift ;) Cheers, Marcel I like

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

Norman Dunbar wrote: > What Darren said! ;-) > > A most enjoyable read, thanks Marcel. I might even take you up on > the offer of EasyMenu 4 sometime, but these days I'm using George's > not-quite-WYSIWYG assembly utilities. You can always use EasyMenu to design the menu and EasySource to

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

What Darren said! ;-) A most enjoyable read, thanks Marcel. I might even take you up on the offer of EasyMenu 4 sometime, but these days I'm using George's not-quite-WYSIWYG assembly utilities. (Due to old age - 56 today - I'm afraid I can't remember the damned name of the utility I use!

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

What an enjoyable read :-) Thanks for the memories mate. D. On 6 Apr 2016 23:44, "Marcel Kilgus" wrote: > I wrote up a short tale about my life with EasyPtr. Plus there's a > gift at the end: > > http://www.kilgus.net/2016/04/07/easyptr-and-me/ > > Enjoy! If not the

[Ql-Users] EasyPtr and me

I wrote up a short tale about my life with EasyPtr. Plus there's a gift at the end: http://www.kilgus.net/2016/04/07/easyptr-and-me/ Enjoy! If not the tale, then at least the gift ;) Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr

Op 26/08/2013 19:39, Fabrizio Diversi schreef: Hi all, do you know where I can find latest version of EasyPtr ? (I own a legal copy) I decided to spend some time again on my email program that I never completed I am using latest SMSQe 3.16 I am getting some strange behavior from MAWDRAW

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr

Am 28.08.2013 um 21:49 schrieb François Van Emelen: Op 26/08/2013 19:39, Fabrizio Diversi schreef: Hi all, do you know where I can find latest version of EasyPtr ? (I own a legal copy) I decided to spend some time again on my email program that I never completed I am using latest SMSQe

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr

Hi François, Regarding your reference to Fabrizio's - Attached you can find a screenshot of my desktop Fabrizio included a dynamic link which I sucessfully used to see his fine desktop. I'll reproduce it below in the hope that it might take you where you wanted to go -

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr

Tobias Fröschle wrote: I guess asking Jochen or Marcel for an upgrade wouldn't hurt. Both are nice guys and don't bite, normally ;) lol, thanks :-D Actually I've sent him the files off-list already. Cheers, Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr

Op 28/08/2013 22:16, QL-MyLink (f/fh) schreef: Hi François, Regarding your reference to Fabrizio's - Attached you can find a screenshot of my desktop Fabrizio included a dynamic link which I sucessfully used to see his fine desktop. I'll reproduce it below in the hope that it might take you

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr

Am 28.08.2013 um 22:18 schrieb Marcel Kilgus: are nice guys and don't bite, normally ;) Actually I've sent him the files off-list already. Point proven ;) Tobias ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

[Ql-Users] EasyPtr

Hi all, do you know where I can find latest version of EasyPtr ? (I own a legal copy) I decided to spend some time again on my email program that I never completed I am using latest SMSQe 3.16 I am getting some strange behavior from MAWDRAW command, so I thought that upgrade it is the

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW

Op 20/06/2012 16:48, Dilwyn Jones schreef: tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: does anyone know how spraying sprites with the Easyptr 4.01 BLOBW procedure is supposed to work in mode 32? TT never implemented spraying for GD2, sorry. Wasn't exactly a much sought of feature. Marcel Shame,

[Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW

Hi everyone, does anyone know how spraying sprites with the Easyptr 4.01 BLOBW procedure is supposed to work in mode 32? I have tried the following: 1. High-Color sprite 27x27 2. QPC in high-colour mode BLOBW #appwin,xpos%,ypos%, sprite, sprite,10 -- Bad parameter (and interestingly, all my

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW

To answer my own question: No, Not compressing the sprite doesn't help. -Original-Nachricht- Von: tobias.froesc...@t-online.de tobias.froesc...@t-online.de An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Betreff: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW Datum: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:36:14 +0200 Hi everyone, does anyone know how

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW

tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: does anyone know how spraying sprites with the Easyptr 4.01 BLOBW procedure is supposed to work in mode 32? TT never implemented spraying for GD2, sorry. Wasn't exactly a much sought of feature. Marcel ___

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW

No wonder it doesn't work, then ;) Thanks, Marcel. -Original-Nachricht- Von: Marcel Kilgus ql-us...@mail.kilgus.net An: ql-us...@q-v-d.com Betreff: Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW Datum: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:59:33 +0200 tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: does anyone know how spraying

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW

tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: No wonder it doesn't work, then ;) Yeah, I had to look it up, too, but the source code was pretty definite on that point ;-) pt_spray moveq #err.ipar,d0 rts end Marcel ___ QL-Users

Re: [Ql-Users] EasyPtr BLOBW

tobias.froesc...@t-online.de wrote: does anyone know how spraying sprites with the Easyptr 4.01 BLOBW procedure is supposed to work in mode 32? TT never implemented spraying for GD2, sorry. Wasn't exactly a much sought of feature. Marcel Shame, although I understand the reasons. I think the

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual

Dilwyn Jones wrote: Before I reinvent the wheel and OCR my Easyptr manual to use on my eBook reader, has anyone else already done this? The Easyptr commands are the hardest syntax to remember of all the BASIC extensions, I think! After reading this I checked in my usual directories and found

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual

Before I reinvent the wheel and OCR my Easyptr manual to use on my eBook reader, has anyone else already done this? The Easyptr commands are the hardest syntax to remember of all the BASIC extensions, I think! After reading this I checked in my usual directories and found nothing, thus I

[Ql-Users] Easyptr manual

Before I reinvent the wheel and OCR my Easyptr manual to use on my eBook reader, has anyone else already done this? The Easyptr commands are the hardest syntax to remember of all the BASIC extensions, I think! Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual

Seems to be on Marcel's site...? - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: QL Users List ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:16 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual Before I reinvent the wheel and OCR my Easyptr manual to use on my eBook

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual

...@q-v-d.com Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual Seems to be on Marcel's site...? - Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk To: QL Users List ql-us...@q-v-d.com Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 3:16 PM Subject: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual Before I reinvent the wheel

Re: [Ql-Users] Easyptr manual

On 08/06/12 14:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote: Before I reinvent the wheel and OCR my Easyptr manual to use on my eBook reader, has anyone else already done this? Not yet, no. The Easyptr commands are the hardest syntax to remember of all the BASIC extensions, I think! I'll second that! Cheers,

[ql-users] easyptr

With kind thanks to Marcel, I've been using a beta-release of the 68020 QPC2. Extremely stable for a first release! I seem to have run into a minor problem with Easyptr 4 which I cannot pin down enough to trouble Marcel with a definite bug report as yet, so I need ot ask for help in tracking down

Re: [ql-users] EASYPTR Application windows

:57 PM Subject: [ql-users] EASYPTR Application windows Hi all, How can I avoid the folowing error: 'at line .. value out of range' MAWDRAW#3\3,grille$,0,0,0,cel_breedte%,12,1,1 where \3(,3) = application window #3 grille$ = a 3 dimensional array cel_breedte% = int array for the width

Re: [ql-users] EASYPTR Application windows

It seems to me if you expect to be able to see more than the window width you would have to send material to a notional piece of paper in the manner of a word processor or editor, to be viewed THROUGH your window. Conten to be stored in memory as an array, line by line. As to the third

[ql-users] EASYPTR Application windows

Hi all, How can I avoid the folowing error: 'at line .. value out of range' MAWDRAW#3\3,grille$,0,0,0,cel_breedte%,12,1,1 where \3(,3) = application window #3 grille$ = a 3 dimensional array cel_breedte% = int array for the width of the individual columns (cel_breedte%(x) can be from 2 up to

Re: [ql-users] EASYPTR Application windows

At 16:57 30/06/2005 +0200, you wrote: Hi all, How can I avoid the folowing error: Puts me in mind of the Irishman who, when asked for directions, said If I was going there I wouldn't start from here. 'at line .. value out of range' MAWDRAW#3\3,grille$,0,0,0,cel_breedte%,12,1,1 It seems

[ql-users] Easyptr Move

I tried sending this once, I think it never got past our server for some reason. I got an email from someone who pointed out that some of the Launchpad programs can use the window outline and window content move facility of the new window manager and some can't (those just always use the

Re: [ql-users] Easyptr Move

Dilwyn Jones writes: If you use WMOV there is only the old method available. You can't use any of the new methods. Sometimes you have to use WMOV. For example, the Launchpad clock runs in a MW_LINKed window so it has to be stopped before a move routine is called to move the main display.

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 at 14:06:05, Dave P wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Roy wood wrote: Could be worse - could be Jochen and almost anything electrical. He is the only person I know whose washing machine has a software fault. No, he isn't. :) My washer would sometimes

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Am Tue, 8 Mar 2005 22:59:14 - hat Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: Create a small menu, say one info window and one loose item. Do not MCALL, just MDRAW then try to MWINDOW to the loose item followed by MINPUT. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it only

Re: Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

My little colour selection technique using PALETTE_QL seems to work OK in the simple programs I've tried it in. That might be, but all PALETTE_QL settings are global! You're changing the colours for ALL jobs this way. Yes, I forgot to mention that. At least running mode 4 colour scheme

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Hi Marcel, Is this all? Nobody else any problems? I won't promise anything, but if I don't know what's wrong I certainly cannot change it. I promise that I will never ever see you as THE person to ask for improvements of EasyPtr ;) but I am happy that you do it :) Okay then, one problem with

Re: Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

3) Application window scroll bar attributes cannot be set or changed without specifying a pre-set menu too. Part of the problem may be with the toolkit which seems to ignore or overwrite attributes added by hand later. This sounds a bit complicated, especially as all the application

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Roy wood wrote: Could be worse - could be Jochen and almost anything electrical. He is the only person I know whose washing machine has a software fault. No, he isn't. :) My washer would sometimes stop mid-cycle, and the LCD would display ##2##2##2##2##2isread The

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

I can just hear Roy muttering Dilwyn and his PC again... Could be worse - could be Jochen and almost anything electrical. He is the only person I know whose washing machine has a software fault. -- Roy Wood The way Jochen has problems with domestic appliances, I'd be very surprised if Andrea

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

The repairman who fixed it under warranty said the on-board microcontroller had a faulty EPROM, and that he would have to get a replacement. I offered, and he accepted, for me to download the image, and flash a 27512 I happened to have laying around. This gave me opportunities for abuse... (and

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Is this all? Nobody else any problems? I won't promise anything, but if I don't know what's wrong I certainly cannot change it. Think the only other things which spring to mind are: You cannot create an application sub-window menu with MAWDRAW or MAWSETUP which only contains one item in the

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Rich Mellor wrote: You cannot create an application sub-window menu with MAWDRAW or MAWSETUP which only contains one item in the menu. I need example for that, as simple as possible. MITEM does not allow you to redraw the loose item - it should accept the , or \ separator in line with the

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Wolfgang Uhlig schreef: Am Sat, 05 Mar 2005 22:08:04 +0100 hat François Van Emelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: 230 MDRAW#3,mysuqces$ :REMark mawdraw#3,4 Oh Francois, what's that? I don't know but one SuQcess and that's the one of me and Bob Spelten ;) What's in a variable's name. Line 230

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Wolfgang Uhlig writes: EasyMenu is not very good at displaying high colour sprites, you have to fool it by putting a 4/8 mode sprite in front of each high colour sprite. This is not true! Only if you want to have the sprites in mode 4 or 8, too. Just to confuse things a bit more: Loose

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

I have been using this for quite some time now, even in my Email reader. Easymenu can do much more than we first thought. You miss the point. It can't do much of this without quite a lot of lateral thinking and programming around limitations. This is exactly what people want corrected. --

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

P Witte wrote: 1) Manually added scaling flags are removed on re-loading a menu definition and may even crash the program. 2) System sprites cant be shown and other hicolour sprites are problematic. 3) Application window scroll bar attributes cannot be set or changed without specifying a

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Dilwyn Jones wrote: 1. I can't change the colour of the border or main window unless I cover the main window with an info window. If Easyptr allowed, say, MWINDOW #0,0 for the main outline it might then be possible to change the main menu colour. Use system palette colours in the menu and

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

Am Sun, 6 Mar 2005 13:34:19 - hat Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben: You totally miss the point of my email. You Wrote: It would be useful if the menu colours could be changed at runtime. At the moment, once they are defined in the Easymenu layout, that's it, the colours are fixed

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

François Van Emelen wrote: Some functions/procedures need improvement. For example 'RPXL%' (returns the pixel colour at a given position) only works in QL colours. This is an SMSQ/E limitation. About TurboPtr: the demo George showed us in Eindhoven(QL2004) didn't convince me to abandon

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Dilwyn Jones wrote: I'm not sure I can enter system palette colours in standard Easyptr can I? No, I thought you had the newer one, haven't really kept track of it. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Marcel Kilgus writes: P Witte wrote: 1) Manually added scaling flags are removed on re-loading a menu definition and may even crash the program. 2) System sprites cant be shown and other hicolour sprites are problematic. 3) Application window scroll bar attributes cannot be set or

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr

I said I wasn't going to write more on this, but as this will be a bit more positive, I thought I'd at least try to make amends for the negative emails. This listing shows one way of getting 8 colours of your choice in the menus. Using colours 0 to 7 (black, blue,...yellow, white) it uses the

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

- Original Message - From: P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic Snip Although, in the fullness of time, the tools that George has produced to go with TurboPtr, may become replacements

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

- Original Message - From: Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can live without a good menu designer or a sprite editor, but not without

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

P Witte schreef: SNIP Its a pity Albin is no longer interested in developing EP, but thats life. It needent be such a big task, though. IMHO EP could be split into three or four different projects: 1) EasyMen, 2) EasySprite, 3) the toolkit, 4) C-stuff. 1) EasyMenu: In fact I would be happy with

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

wolfgang mühlegger wrote: but why did he do it then? Just for fun. and why did he give it to beta-testers then? There were no beta testers. I just gave it to some people and said look, mom, without hands. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

- Original Message - From: wolfgang mühlegger To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

gwicks schreef: SNIP 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 is not true. Once your window is

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

Geoff Wicks wrote: 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

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic

gwicks wrote: 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. Yes, he basically said that anything I choose to do is

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Myself for another. jim On Mar 3, 2005, at 11:17 PM, François Van Emelen wrote: Roy wood schreef: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Snip Easyptr is still a commercial program sold by Jochen and I On the subject of EasyPtr any news of a possible upgrade? The upgrade

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The question is would there be a market for an updated version. Marcel does a lo of work on this kind of thing and gets little back for it. He has the source files but I cannot, in all honesty, ask him to work for nothing. He says that the code is not that easy to understand so he is the

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Easyptr is still a commercial program sold by Jochen and I On the subject of EasyPtr any news of a possible upgrade? The upgrade situation is not easy. I do have an updated version of Easymenu and Easysprite but they are by no means releasable as Marcel considers them unfinished.

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I would definitely want to have an upgrade (and pay for it ofcourse) and think that we need it urgently. So, as far as I am concerned, please stop discussing it, fix a price for it and begin to DO it. Wolfgang Agreed, Wolfgang. QPCprint will appeal only to QPC2 users, so a small

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Me too. Fabrizio - Original Message - From: Roy wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr was movig sbasic In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes - Original Message - From: Roy wood

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Roy wood writes: The upgrade situation is not easy. I do have an updated version of Easymenu and Easysprite but they are by no means releasable as Marcel considers them unfinished. The question is would there be a market for an updated version. Marcel does a lo of work on this kind of thing

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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wolfgang Uhlig [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP I am a liittle bit astonished because AFAIR there were many people in Eindhoven 2004 already who pointed out that they would be willing to pay for an upgraded version of EasyPtr. Nevertheless nothing happens exept for

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James Hunkins schrieb: Myself for another. jim On Mar 3, 2005, at 11:17 PM, François Van Emelen wrote: Roy wood schreef: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Snip Easyptr is still a commercial program sold by Jochen and I On the subject of EasyPtr any news of a possible

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P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We can live without a good menu designer or a sprite editor, but not without a way of displaying and manipulating our windows and menus from within programs, so for me that is the main priority. As to me, I can live without a sprite editor because it's possible to

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