Survey posted 2002-05-11 15:58 by Magnus.

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About three weeks ago I submitted a file in the morning (GMT-6) and got it uploaded within that day!! A week later I submitted one and it still hasn't beed uploaded. A very hilarious contrast I thought I'd share.

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i submitted a file 2 months ago and it did not appear

WHY?
neil86 was here

Wow! I'm impressed. This is the longest time I've ever seen that survey posts stayed on topic. t00w!

Could you at least say !t00w ?

Write it in asm;P

P.S. What's a w00tmonger?

.NOLIST
#include "ti83plus.inc"
.LIST
.org 9D95h
bcall(_homeup)
ld a,0
ld (CURROW),a
ld (CURCOL),a
ld hl,Str1
bcall(_puts)
bcall(_getkey)
bcall(_clrLCDfull)
ret
Str1:
.db "t00w!"
.end
END

P.S. I made a mistake in writing that, as RCTParRoThEaD so kindly pointed out. A w00t!monger is one who abuses the h4x0r term w00t!

Don't flame me for not indenting the lines. I used tabs at the beginnings of the lines. They didn't display right, though. I'm not going to rewrite it because it would take up too much space on the message board.

#include "chickendude.inc"

What about Chickendude Inc.

I wrote some code for a menu on the graphing screen that I'm going to use in a game I'm writing. It's workable, but it's very slow. Could some people look over my code and suggest any way to speed it up? You can get to it through the (Web Page) link. Any help would be appreciated. t00w!

See how considerate I am? I could have put the entire code on this page, but I chose not to. I'm not a w00tmonger like some people.

I am NOT a w00tmonger! I don't go around saying w00t all of the time.

I am a w00t!monger. I go around saying w00t! all of the time. w00t!

You could use:

While getKey=0
...
...
...
End

getKey is actually a variable and when ever a key is pressed, the value is stored in it. Am I right, Michael Vincent?

On the TI-83+ and TI-89, GetKey is not a variable, it is a function. Calling it multiple times will return 0, not the key

getKey is a value, not a variable. You can store the value of getKey to a veriable like this:

getKey->K

Then you could do a "While K=0" or whatever. That wouldn't work my menu, though because it would quit as soon as the person pressed a key.
I think the main problem is with the speed of displaying the text. Maybe I could use a picture instead of displaying the text every time. Who knows?
t00w!

Pictures add 767 bytes to the program, though.

That's why I didn't do it. It was just an idea.

i think getkey is a function the returns the last key pressed since the last getkey. (it sets the last key to zero

Being the person that I am, I would say, "Write it in assembly!"

So, write it in assembly!

Easier said than done. The best I've gotten with assembly so far is to make a screen full of text that waits until you press any key. I could never write a menu program. t00w!

What's wrong with the built in menu system?

It uses up two characters just for the numbers, leaving a measly fourteen characters for each choice. The graph allows for a lot more text for each choice and allows nine choices! For instance, for an option that goes back to the previous menu, you'd haveto put "Back" on the built-in menus. With the graph screen, however, you can actually fit "Back to Previous Menu". The trade-off, of course, is speed. The graphing screen is a lot slower at displaying text than the home screen is.

Well, it wouldn't be hard to make an asm menu program. You could store the text you wanted to str1-str6 or whatever, then asm(prgmMENU) then have it return a value 1-6 (or whatever).

Another thing with asm is that you could add a handy-dandy cursor or highlite the text or something...

The cursor I used in the BASIC program above was a >. I don't know what it's called (a sideways caret?). sp00n!

If you just use Input (with no text or variables) in a BASIC program, then execution is paused, you go to the graph screen, and you can use a cursor. Once you select a pixel and press enter, the coordinates are stored in X & Y (if any BASIC shell creators use this, then I will personally kill them & take their calculator, computer, cat, TIGraphLink, and all of their money). w00t!

Why would you kill said persons? Is that because it's "your" idea? This is a well-known technique. I've known about it and used it for years.

No one else has used it. Not out of the 954 misc basic programs. w00t!

Yes, but notice that I've uploaded only one file to ticalc, and it's an assembly program. I don't think my BASIC programs (which use Input) are worthy of uploading. It might be the same way with other programmers.

Firstly, on avg. if you have found something someone else has found it first.
Secondly, if it is a function of the calcs basic then anyone can use it - it's not yours.
And finally,
Tell me how you intend to actually do anything about people using this technique I am interested.

Are you *that* lacking in math? I guess you bought your calc just for games then...I remember learning about greater-than signs in third grade...

HE is not worthy of your skills. Just like the rest of us. We are scumb, oh great god of OmniCalc & TSE II.

My mistake. Guess I just had a brain fart.

I just had a butt fart.

You spelled carrot wrong. I'm surprised MathJMendl isn't after you. What? Are "you're" brains that small.

No, he spelled caret correctly.
A carrot is what Bugs Bunny eats. A caret "^" is the XOR operator in C or exponentation operator in some other languages.

Whatever. Need more joy. w00000000000000000000t!