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by SMC
Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WOW...
Replies: 27
Views: 62281

I wonder who these trolls really are? It's probably someone Pete has pissed off in the past. "They" being just one person (or the equivalent). Someone check their isp. It's a pretty common tactic they're using. The second account plays the level headed guy giving credence to the first post...
by SMC
Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:23 am
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: fblite: -lang deprecated revival
Replies: 6
Views: 25723

Thanks for the reply coderjeff. At a glance it may seem silly to have three different dialects, but in the end I think it will only increase fb's appeal. The oop stuff will inevitably make fb more complicated (nothing wrong with that) and fblite will be a good jumping on point for new users used to ...
by SMC
Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:44 am
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: fblite: -lang deprecated revival
Replies: 6
Views: 25723

That's really cool. Will all the new non-oop stuff be available? Also, will variables outside of procedures be considered global? Give me an example of what you meant by initializers working like assignments. I'm not sure I follow you. And thanks, you really put a lot of work into freebasic, and I f...
by SMC
Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:19 am
Forum: Pete's QB Site News
Topic: Going to revise the TUTORIALS section... suggestions?
Replies: 5
Views: 37942

I think you should show what kind of file the tutorial is in, i.e. text, html, pdf, zip, etc., or make them all a single standardized format.
by SMC
Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:46 am
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: (TCB) Scrolling plateform game
Replies: 41
Views: 134529

Please do! Even if you can't include everything you'd like try to finish it in some way. It looks really cool. Anyway, what's the theme of the game? Are you exploring an old mine, hunting for treasure?
by SMC
Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Scientology protest in Hollywood
Replies: 12
Views: 29193

I once bought a dianetics book out of curiosity. After struggling to figure out what the hell I was reading for about a third of the way through I finally realized it was propaganda to get me to buy about fifty more books. I was like "???? You mean I've got to buy and READ fifty more books to l...
by SMC
Sat Feb 09, 2008 1:09 am
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Qontest 1 - Create a Crossword creator
Replies: 12
Views: 26807

LOL. You guys all make this place so much fun. I've been reading too much of the freebasic forums lately and was actually getting depressed, but this still feels like a place you can come and just be crazy.
by SMC
Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:00 am
Forum: Pete's QB Site News
Topic: QB Express once again emerges from the dead...
Replies: 12
Views: 56757

What you do with it is entirely up to you Pete. Personally, I love your site and your magazine. These are the main reasons I've kept coming back to this scene, but if your heart isn't in it anymore I think most of us will understand. As long as you keep making issues, though, I'll keep reading them....
by SMC
Fri Jan 25, 2008 1:11 am
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: finding out the size of text
Replies: 5
Views: 19324

Hey thanks, that's just what I'm looking for. You make my version look so convoluted and sloppy. Must be because the first language I learned was C.




BTW I'm stealing your code. (most of it anyway ;p )
by SMC
Wed Jan 23, 2008 2:30 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: finding out the size of text
Replies: 5
Views: 19324

I decided to post this here since there both related to what I'm working on. Anyway, what's the best way to 'erase' the last character in a string that you typed? I'm allocating a zstring for the thing I'm working on and I would like the last character I typed to be removed when I hit the backspace ...
by SMC
Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: lynn's legacy
Replies: 2
Views: 9732

Yeah, that's me. Thanks. 8)
by SMC
Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: lynn's legacy
Replies: 2
Views: 9732

lynn's legacy

Does anyone remember what the password was for the computer terminal in the technology level of LL? I tried back tracking to that first terminal, but it doesn't work anymore. It seems like it was something like FerUs or FarUS or something like that.
by SMC
Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:45 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: Is FB QB in disguise?
Replies: 54
Views: 129288

It's for text highlighting in the editor. If something new is added to the language you can add the keyword for it to FBide and it will be highlighted when you type it.
by SMC
Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:40 am
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: Is FB QB in disguise?
Replies: 54
Views: 129288

You can add keywords in the settings menu. Go to View->Settings then click on the keywords tab. Really the only thing FBide can't do is projects, but you can create batch files for that.
by SMC
Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:18 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: finding out the size of text
Replies: 5
Views: 19324

That's just what I needed, thanks.
by SMC
Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:29 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: finding out the size of text
Replies: 5
Views: 19324

finding out the size of text

I'm trying to make a simple text editor for some projects I have in mind and I'm trying to figure out how big the character bitmaps are for text so I can allocate my line list strings to be the same width as the viewing area. The chart in the manual (I'm using gfxlib) lists two different character s...
by SMC
Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:45 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: Is FB QB in disguise?
Replies: 54
Views: 129288

If he's using -lang depreciated he shouldn't have to worry about name spaces.
by SMC
Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:40 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: Is FB QB in disguise?
Replies: 54
Views: 129288

Nodtveidt, that's cool. As for making "-lang deprecated" a supported dialect, there's not much enthusiasm for it from the other FB developers but they are not flat-out saying no either. I don't want to create any false hopes by promising something that can't be delivered, but I think we a...
by SMC
Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:21 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: Is FB QB in disguise?
Replies: 54
Views: 129288

I would love to see -lang depreciated changed to something like an extended qb dialect. Allowing pointers and 32bit stuff etc., but more procedural than oop. I'm just a hobbiest programmer, and don't really have any use for oop (I definitely don't have a coder's mentality) which is the main reason I...
by SMC
Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:46 pm
Forum: Freebasic Questions & Answers
Topic: Is FB QB in disguise?
Replies: 54
Views: 129288

I use FB instead of C because it brings everything together in a nice and neat little package. For some reason once you get out of ANSI C everything wants to become complicated and convoluted. I also like being able to, quickly, get something on the screen to play around with like I can with FB. Tha...