On 24 September 2013 18:38, Per Witte <[email protected]> wrote: > Great DVD! Nice last read! I particularly enjoyed Marcel's piece on how > QPC came to be. Thanks for that. > > Now its over, mainly due to the lack of copy and readers, which in turn is > probably due to much reduced activity. For my part, I stopped contributing > due to the almost total lack of feedback. You spend hours of free time on > something, doing your best to make it relevant, intelligible and enjoyable, > and then pour it into a black hole. Pointless. In my case, it was probably > the QL-community telling me to shut up and take up knitting instead; in the > case of Norman and others, perhaps it was merely the silence of eager > anticipation. The problem is it is virtually impossible to tell the > difference! Duh! In a commercial environment feedback is amply provided in > terms of profit/loss (and complaints), however on the free/open/voluntary > scene it is much harder to tell whether more of the same is wanted, > correction is needed, or whether its time to change tack. I think that this > laziness(?) is one of the reasons for our rapid demise. > > Thanks to those who persevered for so long! Goodbye QLToady! > > Per > PS I havent put QPC v4.00 though its paces yet. At the moment all I can say is that it just works! I think it was a splendid initiative to make it generally available (at least to all QLT readers). I hope we'll see a whole bunch of new QPCers come crawling and blinking out of the microdrive undergrowth and into the light to see what the fuss has been about these past 17 years. Perhaps therell be a mini-renaissance?
So, heres a welcome gift to new and old QPCers: 1 REMark Minimise Button 2 REMark pjwitte Sep 2013 3 : 4 REPeat loop: BUTTON_WAIT "MINIMISE",,,2: BEEP 2,2: QPC_MINIMIZE 5 : Compile and include in your boot program with EX <path>Minimise_exe. If the Button frame is active itll put itself there. It requires Qmenu (menu_rext), a commercial proram by JMS, also included with many commercial PE programs from JMS and others. A must-have in the PE world. Per _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
