This is great, wish there were more posting on Easyptr.
Actually, there's one small mistake (a typo) I'm aware of in it, let's see
who spots it ;-)
I suppose that Easyptr is one of the main ways of writing modern QL
software. Trouble is, Easyptr has never really been documented well beyond
what's in the manual (which I was never really happy with) and the absolute
beginner stuff in Norman Dunbar's Easyptr beginners guide and tutorial.
This "intermediate" Easyptr stuff like my example is something I've been
meaning to do for a while, but never really had the time apart from the
examples I've printed in QL Today, which was GD2 specific. If I get the time
I can rip these working examples from my programs to perhaps write something
which fills the gaps between Norman's tutorial and the cold hard facts
(without many examples) in the manual.
Per Witte has also written some good stuff, like his popup help routines.
And Bob Spelten and Wolfgang Uhlig are two other names who I can think of
who have used it extensively who might be able to document some examples
perhaps.
Do you think the same thing could be done in Turboptr?
I don't know enough about TurboPtr, I'm sure George Gwilt will tell us?
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Dilwyn Jones
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