Re: [ql-users] dragdrop

2004-03-15 Thread P Witte
Ive tried to post a certain message on this topic a number of times, but it doesnt get through! It doesnt contain any obscene language or anything like that (although the words size and large appear three times - could that be the problem?) I dont find this list server very reliable. Messages

[ql-users] Re: [ql-users] £ 0.00 to spend! (1st attempt)

2004-03-15 Thread P Witte
Peter Graf writes: Time for an offer: I could possibly be persuaded to try and integrate my drivers into SMSQ/E for the whole range of QL style machines, by a simple act of wisdom: Place SMSQ/E under the GPL. (I have no problem to accept modifications to allow QPC remain commercial.) Speaking

[ql-users] Turbo

2004-03-14 Thread P Witte
Just thought I should mention something that might cause a few strange hiccoughs: Turbo Toolkit (TTK) comes in two different forms, one version for SMSQ/E and one generic version. The generic PEEK$ and POKE$ are a sub-set of SMSQ/E's PEEK$ and POKE$ and have therefore been ommitted in the SMSQ/E

[ql-users] Re: [ql-users] £ 1000 to spend! (2nd attempt!)

2004-03-14 Thread P Witte
Geoff Wicks writes: Remember your subscription is your money, not Quanta's. How would you like them to spend it on your behalf? In a way, hardware development is more deserving as hw developers have real outlays apart from spare time, ie their profit can go negative rather than just zero. But

Re: [ql-users] dragdrop

2004-03-14 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang Uhlig writes: 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) As you will know by now, I sent you the

Re: [ql-users] Menu_rext

2004-03-13 Thread P Witte
On March 13, 2004 6:52 AM, Wolfgan Lenerz wrote: On 13 Mar 2004 at 1:37, P Witte wrote: (...) On 13 Mar 2004 at 3:17, Marcel Kilgus wrote: (...) Don't you guys ever sleep? Of course. Only we get up a wee bit earlier than you ;) Per

Re: [ql-users] Menu_rext

2004-03-13 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang Lenerz writes: On 13 Mar 2004 at 1:37, P Witte wrote: (...) I've now also tested this on ram, and the problem does, indeed, exist there But this is still with a patched version of menu_rext Thanks for your help - Marcel too. This gave me enough info to get a grip on the issue

[ql-users] Menu_rext

2004-03-12 Thread P Witte
Hi all, I have a wee problem with Menu_rext, the ubiquitous menu toolkit from Jochen Merz Software. I need to find out whether the problem Im experiencing is confined only to my systems or whether there is a bug in menu_rext. Could as many as possible of you please perform the following test:

Re: [ql-users] New Mode 16 Sprite Collection

2004-03-06 Thread P Witte
Tim Swenson writes: Per Witte is working on a MultiSprite Viewer. I have it but since he has not released it, I have not mentioned it or put it on my page. His viewer will view a whole directory of sprites. I viewed a directory of 485 sprites with no problem. I hope Per will release it

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-13 Thread P Witte
Dave P writes: a. The number of gun owners in the US is 80,000,000. b. The number of accidental gun deaths per year (all age groups) is 1,500. c. The number of accidental deaths per gun owner is 0.000188. Its the deliberate ones that are the worry. Per

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-13 Thread P Witte
Phoebus R. Dokos writes: and a couple of others running custom QDOS-based software, that unfortunately cannot work with SMSQ/e either. custom often meant pretty dirty; didn't it? Most likely, but where the user is concerned they really don't care as long as it works correct? :-D I

Re: [ql-users] Quanta

2004-02-11 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn Jones writes: What I'm getting at (not being familar with PC networks) is would you need a driver to access Ethernet in general (or another QL on ethernet), another driver to access a PC over a network, another driver to talk to a printer hub, another to talk to a Mac etc etc. I am

Re: [ql-users] wman

2004-02-06 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes, } I think this project would be good for the QL community as it would help } new PE programmers save the time in designing sprites. The more the same } sprites were used, the more PE programs would start looking more standard. There is, in the new SMSQ/E, a set of

Re: [ql-users] Wanted: Aurora Tower System

2004-02-03 Thread P Witte
John Gilpin writes: Have you considered an Aurora System in a Pandora Case? The two I use are so reliable that I think I could manage without my spare one. Famous last words ? Per

Re: [ql-users] Athlon 1,8GHz + Pentium 3 GHz + XP + QPC

2004-01-28 Thread P Witte
Roy wood writes: ... and hard drives need defragmentation - even QL ones except we do not have a tool for it. QPC users have a simple workaround, though: Simply create a new QXL.WIN file and, from within QPC, copy the contents of the drive you need to defragment to the new drive, then

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr revisited

2004-01-22 Thread P Witte
Rich Mellor writes: I have the sources for EasyPtr Per, if you would like to take a look. They do not make easy reading unfortunately and despite offers of help initially, no-one seems willing to take on the task of upgrading this software. Ok, lets take a look then, if its ok with

[ql-users] EasyPtr revisited

2004-01-20 Thread P Witte
Hi all EasyPtr enthusiasts. Could you please confirm that MAWITEM wont process a high definition (mode 16 or 64)sprites/icons: Returns err_bp. I found a way around, though (after much hassle!) Define a sprite chain, with the first sprite a mode 0 one, eg: sprite

Re: [ql-users] EasyPtr revisited

2004-01-20 Thread P Witte
I wrote: All the above relate to ptrmenX_cde V 3.05 E Sorry, a tpyo: Should be V3.50 E BTW, all I wrote about MAWITEM also occurs with MITEM (and possibly MINOB): You need to define a QL mode sprite first and attach the hicolor sprite to that, or else EasyPtr wont want to know. A skeleton

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-18 Thread P Witte
Geoff Wicks writes: Indeed the response has been disappointing. Just 4 replies to a possible Eindhoven event, and 3 of those were business replies on specific matters. Apologies for my lack of response. Shows and all that is not my thing, but I recognise that they are important for the

Re: [ql-users] Birthday QL 2004

2004-01-18 Thread P Witte
Jon writes: As I said in the QL-Today poll I will do my absolute best to get to either or evenboth events whether in UK or NL. Would an Internet connection workshop be of interest? I'm thinking in terms of Bring along your QL get it fitted with Hermes, Help with registering with an ISP,

Re: [ql-users] WM.RPTRT again

2004-01-04 Thread P Witte
George Gwilt writes: As everyone will realise by now, the events given to WM.RPTRT in D2.B are job events, not pointer events. So, obviously, WM.RPTRT will return on any pointer event just as WM.RPTR does whatever the value in D2.B. Sorry I wasnt more helpful but Ive been extermely busy

[ql-users] wman

2004-01-04 Thread P Witte
Hi all, hope you had a good break! (As did I ;) Now to business: I want to update a couple of my PE programs to the new wman standard. The first obstacle I encountered was sprites/icons. What a bummer to have to design those bloomin things - as if writing programs wasnt enough! Thanks to

Re: [ql-users] SMSQ/E Version 3.04

2003-12-14 Thread P Witte
John Sadler writes: On the demo SMSQ/E gold ALT enter does not give you the last command. Is this an error or has this useful facilty been removed? If so a history facilty would be better. The default keystrokes have (by mistake, I think) been set to ALT+s and ALT+S. For some reason this

Re: [ql-users] isp

2003-12-11 Thread P Witte
Tony Firshman writes: With all this moving of accounts, I am amazed that more don't buy a domain (£1.99 a year from oneandone.co.uk - beware the £1.99 a MONTH offer). Can you use a domain via a dial-up connection? Having your own domain doesnt solve the dail-up problem. You still need an

Re: [ql-users] isp

2003-12-11 Thread P Witte
TonyTebby writes: You're lucky. When Tiscali took over my beautiful knoware.nl ISP I had similar experiences to the ones you describe but I put it down to them being mean rather than crooked. What a wunch of bankers! I think its time to get outta here! Per

Re: [ql-users] isp

2003-12-10 Thread P Witte
John Hitchcock writes: Why not the ubiquitous TISCALI ? I've set up many for different users. My personal experience with Tiscali.co.uk is that you get swamped with spam, the negotiation time with the host computer (both logging in and logging out) takes longer than with freeserve (thus

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and slicing

2003-11-16 Thread P Witte
I wrote: get1string ;SB string on stack. a1-string move.w 0(a6,a1.l),d0;get len lea.l 2(a1,d0.w),a0;a0 - end string That last line above should of course have read: lea.l 1(a1,d0.w),a0;a0 - last char Per

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and slicing

2003-11-15 Thread P Witte
Phoebus R. Dokos writes: I always thought that slices could work in reverse as well (and they should actually) so eg. a$ = hi b$ = a$ (2 TO 1) PRINT b$ should return ih but maybe it's just me :-) Phoebus Patience my boy! Marcel The Miracle Maker will crack this one

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and slicing

2003-11-14 Thread P Witte
François Van Emelen writes: Hi all, Could someone explain me this? P1 100 a$=SMSQE 110 b$=a$(4 to 3) 120 print b$,len(b$) Line 120 prints an empty string with length 0. P2 100 a$=SMSQE 110 b$=a$(4 to 2) 120 print b$,len(b$) Line 120 returns the error 'unacceptable array index list'

Re: [ql-users] Byfleet workshop

2003-11-12 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn Jones writes: I also added a few new and updated pictures to the QL Rogues page: Oughtnt you to feature prominently on the page yourself, Dilwyn, rather than skulking in some godforsaken corner of your web. I mean, whats the point of calling it QL *Rogues* Gallery without you? Per

Re: [ql-users] wm.rptrt

2003-10-28 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang writes: I feared, but was hoping I wouldnt have to, go there having to fiddle around to do it manually. Thank you for your code ;) I think this is just what Im looking for. I shall test it as soon as I can. OK let me know if it breaks. (...) By DOing the liberated

Re: [ql-users] wm.rptrt

2003-10-27 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang writes: How do I position a PE window accurately? Does the software have to be able to run on a machine that may NOT have the menu extensions installed? If not I suggest you use the menu extensions to set up your button. (I could help you there) I hadnt thought of that, (I

Re: [ql-users] wm.rptrt

2003-10-25 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang Lenerz writes: What are the call and return parameters (all of them) for wm.rptrt again? Here are the notes I have on that - Vector $78 WM.RPTRT How do I know Ive timed out?cmpi.w #-1,d0?

Re: [ql-users] wm.rptrt

2003-10-25 Thread P Witte
John Gilpin writes: I have just checked in the Quanta library and the latest I can find is Qmac V1.06 and Qlink V1.03 Thanks for checking. Per

Re: [ql-users] Launchpad

2003-10-25 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn Jones writes: I noticed some reference in the documentation to an EasyPtr keyword called MCALLT. Is this a new keyword implementing wm.rptrt? Where can I get it? This is new in version 3.50 of the Easyptr extensions (I got Easyptr upgraded from Roy Wood), only documented in the

[ql-users] wm.rptrt

2003-10-24 Thread P Witte
Hi all, What a shock to get back from a 10-day absence to discover nearly 200 ql-user mails in my inbox! My first thought was that something major had happened, eg large chunks of Smsq/e source code had been discovered at the heart of Windows and here was Bill Gates frantically trying to defend

Re: [ql-users] Launchpad

2003-10-24 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn Jones writes: Just had a quick peek at the demo. Its not hard to detect that you have been very busy indeed. You must have worn at least 5mm off you fingertips! I noticed some reference in the documentation to an EasyPtr keyword called MCALLT. Is this a new keyword implementing wm.rptrt?

Re: [ql-users] Re:smsqe 3.03 - sources are out

2003-10-24 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang writes: The sources for smsqe 3.03 are now officially out. (smsqe 3.03 itself is avaialble from your usual reseller). I have enclosed, as an attachment, some small text files, they tell you what is new in this version. I shall be sending the sources out on monday to those who

Re: [ql-users] RFC

2003-10-02 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: P Witte wrote: In some older programs I use a different scheme, with F10 stuffing the edited string into the stuffer buffer. Oh well, so you're already doing exactly the same. Those, and any other existing programs that do something similar, will find

Re: [ql-users] QL Hot-removable Compact Flash Adapters - ONE LEFT!!

2003-10-02 Thread P Witte
Darren Branagh writes: I still have ONE hot-removable compact flash adapter left!! This is definitely the last one - first come, first served. And when he runs out, Im floging one surplus-to-requirements Hot removable CF adapter including brackets and cover to insert into a 5 1/4 drive bay.

Re: [ql-users] RFC

2003-10-01 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: I already use this keystroke in a number of my programs for the purpose (F5 in Qwirc, FF and others, and F10 in older programs) so in my case Id want to override, disable or avoid this facility in individual programs. Why? It wouldn't change the behaviour of your

Re: [ql-users] RFC

2003-09-30 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang writes: Per : I think it is a good idea. Great that you are prepared to do it! Might it be an idea to add some kind of test for this functionality (eg set a bit on some sysvar), as application programmers may wish to eg provide a limited functionality on systems that dont

Re: [ql-users] RFC

2003-09-25 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang writes: I'm toying with the idea of implementing, withing SMSQ/E, some sort of general keystroke which will put the content of a con channel into the stuffer buffer (similar to CTRL-C on Windows) when using the edit/input string OS call (eg. INPUT inSbasic).. Thus, all software

Re: [ql-users] sernet

2003-09-22 Thread P Witte
George writes: I cant use sernet between my q40 and qpc2. Iget sernet aborted . any help ? Yes. Transfer data using some other method. Eg use a CD instead. Per Might be quicker to print out what is to be transferred from one end and type it in at the other. Or use

Re: [ql-users] sernet

2003-09-22 Thread P Witte
Phoebus R. Dokos writes: It's a matter of cabling actually usually. However as Jochen said in that Sernet Special on QLT and I quote: It DOES work I have been using SERNET with: QPC to Aurora, QPC to Q40, Q40 to Aurora even QemuLator to Aurora and QXL... If you are using QDOS Classic

Re: [ql-users] sernet

2003-09-20 Thread P Witte
Michael Grunditz writes: I cant use sernet between my q40 and qpc2. Iget sernet aborted . any help ? Yes. Transfer data using some other method. Eg use a CD instead. Per

Re: [ql-users] Whats up?

2003-09-19 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes: You got the wrong end of the stick, Jerome. I believe Darren was talking about WINDOWS, the Woefully Idiotic Nasty Destructive and Obnoxious Wrecking System that is commonly found on computers sporting the much-loathed Intel (Intuitively Non-programmable

[ql-users] Whats up?

2003-09-18 Thread P Witte
Is anybody body out there out there out there?

Re: [ql-users] Dual IDE controller needed for Q40 - Will Exchange :-)

2003-09-04 Thread P Witte
Phoebus R. Dokos writes: I want me too one of this 4 IDE card for my Q60, I have already one in my Q40 that work very well (2xHD,1xCDRW,1x CF reader). On the other side I bought a new one controller like this, some time ago, by myself from a computer shop but it did not work, I think

Re: [ql-users] Testing new email - please ignore

2003-08-20 Thread P Witte
Norman Dunbar writes: It's only me - getting sorted aout at home. Your dysqwertya is getting worse, Norman. Per

[ql-users] an [OT] favour

2003-08-16 Thread P Witte
I urgently need to install the latest service pack on my W2k machines! However, it is a 120+Mb download! and I dont have broadband. Would any of you like to contact me about downloading this file onto a CD and sending it to me for a fiver or so? SOO unpatriotic and off-topic, I know, but I dont

Re: [ql-users] an [OT] favour

2003-08-16 Thread P Witte
To my I urgently need to install the latest service pack on my W2k machines! Thanks to all who responded. I am now sorted! Per

Re: [ql-users] an [OT] favour

2003-08-16 Thread P Witte
Roy wood writes: Sorry to continue an OT discussion here but you are wrong. You can go to the Microsoft site and download the SP4. The pack you need to download is the one for network users. This is because people with multiple machine do not want to connect them individually to do the

Re: [ql-users] Crash help

2003-08-14 Thread P Witte
Per Witte writes: After having downloaded the latest batch of mails from this list the mighty Windoze 2000 silently hung on me. Could someone kindly do me the favour of forwarding the last few mails to me, ie everything that arrived between 05/08/2003 23:34 and this mail. (I dont mind if I

[ql-users] Crash help

2003-08-14 Thread P Witte
After having downloaded the latest batch of mails from this list the mighty Windoze 2000 silently hung on me. Could someone kindly do me the favour of forwarding the last few mails to me, ie everything that arrived between 05/08/2003 23:34 and this mail. (I dont mind if I receive 200+ copies, as

Re: [ql-users] Machine Code Extension

2003-08-14 Thread P Witte
- Original Message - From: Thierry Godefroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Machine Code Extension On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 06:20:20 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmm - one of my old machine code extensions reports

[ql-users] Bugs

2003-08-12 Thread P Witte
Ive recently discovered the following bugs in Smsq/e PRINT PRT_USE$ crashes Smsq/e since at least version 2.98 on QPC2 (and QPC2 itself). PARTYP, PARUSE, PARNAM$, and PARSTR$ dont work on Smsq/e 3.00 and 3.01. Ok on 2.93 and 2.98 Can anyone confirm? (Save your work first!) Is there somewhere

[ql-users] Issues raised by Geoff Wicks

2003-08-04 Thread P Witte
Geoff Wicks writes: As promised, some detailed reasons. It is a long piece, about 1,700 words, so I have done it as an attachment. It is in four sections, which can each be read separately. One of the sections is positive. While I sympathise with your struggles I find your conclusion, ie to

Re: [ql-users] Quanta workshop support

2003-07-28 Thread P Witte
John G writes: I have noticed the comments regarding a QUANTA 2000 type event but all the contributions are coming from the expected sources. (Thanks Dilwyn J, Darren B, Geoff W and John T). What about the rest of you? come on. Put your ten penn'orth in. (Should that be Dimesworth in USA or

Re: [ql-users] Dynamic arrays?

2003-07-13 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang Lenerz writes: As an example, I have at least two assembler toolkits of a total of 17000 bytes (compiled) - I don't really know how many assembler lines that makes. At least some fo the commands se vector $120 - this is an easy way of returning several values tro Sbasic by one

Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01

2003-07-04 Thread P Witte
Marcel writes: Announcement =-=-=-=-=-=- Ive been playing around with the new QPC and Smsq/e for a couple of days now, and I must say that Im very impressed! Marcel, Wolfgang and others have done a splendid job. Bravo! guys, and many thanks! I find it a bit sad that one of the biggest things

Re: [ql-users] Is there a right way to detect if TK2 is installed.

2003-06-30 Thread P Witte
Jimmy MONTESINOS writes: I'm searching what is the right way to detect if TK2 is installed on a QL system. I need to make the difference between a TK2 loaded from ROM cartridge or LRESPR command too. If anyone know the superbasic code to check this out... I dont know if there is an

Re: [ql-users] efficient buffer size

2003-06-20 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang writes: A question: A program uses io.fstrg/iob.fmul to load files in smaller chunks for scanning. The files could be of any size on any media (first of all hard disks). What, theoretically, is the smallest efficient buffer size to use? (Im thinking *speed* here.) Eg 512

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

2003-06-16 Thread P Witte
Darren.Branagh writes: I just spelt 'remember' wrongly TWICE in that email. I'm getting old. My spellings gone down the drain, too (in three languages) I started spelling remeber just like you, so now I keep a lookout for that word (among others) and usually catch it. Old age, you think? Whats

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

2003-06-08 Thread P Witte
Lau writes: P Witte wrote: While were talking fp, can someone please explain what the purpose of the $81f bias (or whatever the technical term) is? Why not just represent exponents as +/-32k ? Per It's a bit historic, I suspect. It allows all operations on the exponent

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

2003-06-08 Thread P Witte
Lau writes: P Witte wrote: While were talking fp, can someone please explain what the purpose of the $81f bias (or whatever the technical term) is? Why not just represent exponents as +/-32k ? Per It's a bit historic, I suspect. It allows all operations on the exponent

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

2003-06-07 Thread P Witte
While were talking fp, can someone please explain what the purpose of the $81f bias (or whatever the technical term) is? Why not just represent exponents as +/-32k ? Per

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

2003-06-04 Thread P Witte
Robert Newson writes: Does it happen on all negative exact powers of 2, ie: -(2^x) -(2^x) + 0 for x = 0, 1, 2, 3, ... (ie -1, -2, -4, -8, -16, etc)? Youre right. Take the program: for i=0 to 16:print i!-i=(-i+0) The results are: Smsq/e 3.00 Qdos JM/JS/Minerva 1.98 0 1

Re: [ql-users] is minus one = -1?

2003-06-04 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: In internal format, Exponent . Mantissa: -1= $800 . $C000 -1 + 0 = $801 . $8000 which can be a flaming nuisance! You got the mantissas and exponents mixed up, $800 $8000 is -1 and $801 $C000 is -1 but not your two. As Robert wrote this

[ql-users] is minus one = -1?

2003-06-03 Thread P Witte
A question to my learned friends: In Smsq -1 (-1 + 0) In internal format, Exponent . Mantissa: -1= $800 . $C000 -1 + 0 = $801 . $8000 which can be a flaming nuisance! However, -1 == (-1 + 0) which is some relief! This behaviour appears to apply to all (small?) negative

Re: [ql-users] News

2003-04-03 Thread P Witte
Norman writes: I'm puzzled - why did it become an embarrasment then ? I dont particularly want to advertise the sorry details, if you dont mind ;) It worked for me !! Im happy to hear it. Per

Re: [ql-users] News

2003-04-02 Thread P Witte
Norman writes: Another minor project Ive been working on recently is fixing and updating my asm2htm utility (big yawn, everyone!) No big yawns from me - I thought that it was a great little utility - and then it vanished ! Ah yes. Good old user no. #3 of 4, I seem to recall. To

Re: [ql-users] News

2003-03-31 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn writes: I have long been wanting to have some sort of home directory facility in Smsq, ie a way for programs to know which (sub)directory they were executed from, so that they could easily find any associated resource files, eg configuration files, help files, saved settings,

Re: [ql-users] News

2003-03-31 Thread P Witte
Dilwyn writes: I usually only put news of my freeware stuff here for fear of being seen as advertising. I dont particularly want to see pure adverts on this list, but I certainly wouldnt mind being informed of updates, changes (to products or services), or new creations, whether commercial or

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and numbers

2003-03-16 Thread P Witte
TonyTebby writes: No need for fancy modifications - the SBASIC arithmetic routines already check the types of the variables involved in calculations and do different operations for integers and floats. All you need to do is detect string{+-*/}string and do string arithmetic with string

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and numbers

2003-03-14 Thread P Witte
Tony Firshman writes: I once had an old mechanical calculating machine, given to me by my grandfather to play with when the bank he worked for upgraded to electro-mechanical ones. I later used it for my homework, the only kid at school with access to a calculator, (something I had to keep

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and numbers

2003-03-14 Thread P Witte
Dave Walker writes: If there really is a need for these extra precision routines to be available from SB, then maybe it would be worth writing SB wrappers for the maths support routines used by c68? These include support for IEEE 32,64 and 80 bit, and also for 64 bit integers with

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and numbers

2003-03-13 Thread P Witte
Franois Van Emelen writes: It is not too difficult to write your own fixed or floating point routines in Basic using basic school maths, but they would be relatively slow. (The book Mathematics on the Sinclair QL, by Czes Kosniowski (out of print) might provide a suitable starting

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and numbers

2003-03-13 Thread P Witte
Tony Firshman writes: Monetary calculations normally only require the four basic operations, add, subtract, multiply and divide. Surely two only - addition and subtraction? Multiplication and division are shorthand for addition/subtraction in my book. ... or am I being too simplistic. It all

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and numbers

2003-03-13 Thread P Witte
Franois Van Emelen writes: Thank you for your 'ADD$' function, but it doesn't solve my problem. I'll rephrase my question with a concrete example: A DBAS-file is open. One of the fields is of type 3 (floating point) The user wants to update that field. That could be done with something

Re: [ql-users] Sbasic and macro substitutions

2003-02-20 Thread P Witte
François Van Emelen writes: Hi Marcel, Thank you for your answer. Wouldn't there be a problem when your Eval$(e$)function is used 1000s of times? Isn't there a limit to the number of times a channel can be opened and closed in a program? There is be no need to keep opening and closing

Re: [ql-users] Missing source code

2003-02-14 Thread P Witte
Marcel Kilgus writes: P Witte wrote: In the Smsq/e sources there are two libraries, util_menus_lib and uti_lib, that dont have any sources. They have been lost. util_menus are the files for accessing menu_rext (written by Jochen), those are not lost. On the other hand, theyre

Re: [ql-users] QLWA documentation

2003-02-07 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes: does anyone have a synthetic and complete documentation regarding the QLWA filesystem (the one used on Qx0 and QPC). I have found some 'educated'-guess about the value of the first sector, but I wonder about: - a better documentation of that first sector - how the

Re: [ql-users] Epson 800 wanted

2003-02-06 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] makes some magical things to make me read } Anyone got an Epson stylus 800 colour printer (or similar) for sale?? Needs } to be a serial printer - I only have dot matrix ones here Are you sure the Epson is not a parallel printer ? I have not

Re: [ql-users] Display_cde GD2 update

2003-02-06 Thread P Witte
Norman Dunbar writes: There's always one isn't there ! when the line gets too long - and I'm not quite there yet - you simply get a 'buffer full' error when loading a really really long line into S*Basic. So, I suspect the limit on the number of parameters in a PRINT is defined by the

Re: [ql-users] Feedback and suggestions for new sprted

2003-02-03 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes: I'm planning to rewrite the sprite editor 'sprted' soon. So far, the main evolution would be support of the now numerous GD2 sprite modes. Is there anything else that would be also welcome ? Anything that you would like to change ? or remove ? I do not promise to

Re: [ql-users] Assembly question

2003-01-27 Thread P Witte
Norman Dunbar writes: I wasn't being critical - honest. You wont get much thanks for being either ;) Per

Re: [ql-users] Assembly question

2003-01-18 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes: My assembly being a little rusted, I would like to check with the knowledgeable people the following portion of code. ... tst.l d2 beq.s first_place second_place: ... Now, if d2 is 0, would executing that code reach first_place or second_place ? (I

Re: [ql-users] QMON2

2003-01-16 Thread P Witte
Rich Mellor writes: I think the trick is to set a breakpoint in the actual code to debug. I seem to remember you can debug code which runs under iow.xtop, just not through the call itself. I think that I have tried that before.. but thanks for the tip - I will give it a try again!!

Re: [ql-users] Using WMAN and EasyPTR

2003-01-13 Thread P Witte
Rich Mellor writes: OK, I have tried to create a null pointer. However, can anyone please explain why the following code shows 2 pointers on screen: Your thoughts/ideas would be much appreciated... Two pointers?! I couldnt properly run the code, so I cant really say. However perhaps this

Re: [ql-users] Using WMAN and EasyPTR

2003-01-12 Thread P Witte
Rich Mellor writes: What is the best way of setting the mouse pointer to a blank pointer, so nothing appears on screen when the mouse is moved about. I have tried REMPT from EasyPTR, but this does not appear to work that well - when you use RDPT to read the mouse position, you get

Re: [ql-users] New christmas WMAN

2003-01-07 Thread P Witte
Wolfgang Lenerz writes: The only thing I know is that, if the bar colour AND the bar section colour are BOTH set to 0, then, instead of having a black bar on a black background, the scroll bar and the scroll bar section aren't drawn AT ALL. So the combination of these two parameters,

Re: [ql-users] PIC File Format and GD2 Continued

2003-01-03 Thread P Witte
Jerome Grimbert writes: If you can wait a little, I should write a new trap soon (as I said, the I really believe that the various GD2 modes should not be a burden for an application programmer, but an opportunity to choose the best suitable format for the data. Therefore, the usage of GD2

Re: [ql-users] File Type/Directory?

2003-01-01 Thread P Witte
James Hunkins writes: Can anyone tell me the best way in either 'C' or assembly to determine the file type (executable, directory, etc)? Here is a Directory Record Definition (The mnemonics may possibly be my own as none were published when this was written). * File Header

Re: [ql-users] QPC hard drives size

2002-12-15 Thread P Witte
Bill Waugh writes: I was using a 2.2 Gb drive on my Q40 and it was plenty, so sort of assumed this would be ok for QPC, I have a 40 Gb drive in the PC and it has almost 30 GB free. I formatted the .win file to 2000 and it has worked, well this is probably more than I really need, thinking

Re: [ql-users] WMAN progress

2002-12-07 Thread P Witte
George Gwilt writes: Yes indeed! This is exactly (barring BYLL) what's on my page 86. I must be the one whose subs are out of date! Anyway the actual routine still doesn't do what the manual says. Erm, I must admit that BYALL was just the taking of a bit of artistic license on my part.

Re: [ql-users] QDT : Program Recognition assistance request

2002-12-04 Thread P Witte
James Hunkins writes: If you have the programs, could you send me the additional details (I need this for any submissions to be added to the data base). 1) a list of the actual file names of the executable code 2) title of the program 3) a very short description of what the program does

Re: [ql-users] Quanta Editor

2002-12-02 Thread P Witte
John Taylor writes: Roy Brereton, Quanta secretary, has just told me that Colin Baskett has passed away. He had no details other than it was sudden as he suffered no illness. Im sorry to hear that. Though I didnt know him personally his contribution as our long-suffering Quanta editor has

Re: [ql-users] SoQL and Dip -t -v

2002-12-02 Thread P Witte
Jonathan Dent writes: I don't think there are any articles on using SoQL. I'm sorry the documentation is sparse. The library functions are based on the standard library functions though. If you need specific help I'll try to make time to answer your mails. You can mail me directly on this

Re: [ql-users] WMAN progress

2002-12-02 Thread P Witte
George writes: This is not documented anywhere in my Qptr manual!! (3rd revision) so its the first I hear of it. It looks like its been in the code all along. Ive needed such a call many a time! Apart from the timeout, are there any other parameters? D2.B = job-events to return on

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