Re: A83: Quite + Ideas
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Re: A83: Quite + Ideas
Lol, actually I get about 4-6 e-mails a day from newbies...:) And more than
that over ICQ....*I AM* an FAQ. Lol.
BASIC extensions are a great idea, imo...its the implementation that will be
hard. I think we should take a cue from Joe, whereby you load a number into
theta (variable most people don't use too much) that corresponds to a
routine and run the ASM program which does its magic. Thing is, its WHAT we
should include. Hmm, small letters are a GREAT idea...but implementation
could be awkward. Perhaps a tolower() function that takes a string and
returns the string in lower. That way you could do:
:"J"->Str2
:"AMES"->Str1
:1->X
:Send(9prgmZSTRING
:Str2+Str1->Str1
:Disp Str1
And it'd output "James". For the sprites...ok, matrix and lists would be
slooow. I think probably the best way is to release a" BASIC Extension
dEvelopment Pack" (BEEP)...lol. That has an ASM program that will create
the sprites. Hmm, dunno where'd they'd go though...nah, actually this is a
bad idea. But there must be a better way. Perhaps do something like this:
:{23,23,45,255,255,0,0,255}->L1
:1->X:1->I
:while i<=8
:L1(I)->A
:Send(9prgmZSPRITE
:end
For an 8x8 sprite...thing is, telling the program WHICH sprite to blit would
then be a bitch. A proper menu extension like Linus wrote for ASM would be
good for basic.
My ideas...bye! :)
James.
>> ...a way to get discussion back into
>> this list are by a bunch on newbies coming at us, and do we really want
>>that? :\ I dont think so... =P
>>
>> --Jason K.
>
>Uh oh, I just re-read what I wrote there, and I sounded like a jerk... =\
>Well, hmm, I Am willing to help anyone out who's willing to learn, but
maybe
>any ASM beginner questions would be better off answered by a FAQ or some of
>the excellent tutorials out there, instead of being directed to this
list...
>=P We may be desperate for tasteful discussion, but not desperate for
_Mails_
>so we don't need a flood of newbie questions just to keep this list
alive...
>=P