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Ben, do you feel your wrists getting limp even as you type? Inquiring minds can be real annoying….
Yeah… but just for grins… _yes_. I have a problem with it.
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I would NOT object, BUT and a VERY BIG BUT…….I have 50megs of HD sitting here. What about the floppy only user? /^o^\
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In my case, no. I have ARP living on my disk (not the c: replacements, tho).
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Message #134270
In case anyone forgot, I'm the person who asked the original question that started this thread off n' running! I guess my main question at this point is this: If I wrote a program that relied on arp.library (NOT THE WHOLE ARP COMMAND SET… just the library) residing in your…
Scott, Sorry if I misconstrued your meaning. I agree; the more means we have to implement IPC, the better off we will be. -larry
Well, that's my point Larry. If you don't like Lisp, that shouldn't be the only way to do IPC, ditto with anything else, including ARexx. None of my comments should be construed as criticism of ARexx's performance, which I am sure is probably excellent, considering who wrote it – I…
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Message #134241
Scott, ARexx may not implement IPC in what you consider the 'right way', but it does provide IPC for any program, and more so if the programs have an ARexx interface. It does this now, and does it well. As far as i know, there are no other packages that…
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Message #134208
Well, I am not really in the market for a PCB Cad system, but I believe the point of the thread was requiring the user to place arp.library on the disk. If you can actually spawn background processes with ARexx and then kill the parent (for which I am taking…
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GURU #9,432,312.6
Message #134187
So what does Twinkle() do, or are you going to make me look up the offset? – John
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No RUN
Message #134185
Wait, doesn't ARexx *depend* on ARP? See, I think it's all a conspiracy by that BIX crowd… 🙂 – John
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No RUN
Message #134184
I remain unimpressed by the ARP stuff, too, so whatever Ben says, I agree. 🙂 I'm thinking of writing a letter to AmigaWhirled, complaining that their recent article on ARP was long on hot air, and short on real meaning. I'm still not convinced of the utility of ARexx, so…
Well…. seems to me that the problem so far is more subtle…. the call being set is "ScrollRaster" and the program doesn't recover from the SetFunction call…. it's not an issue of the smoother func not working – if I call the thing (menu key) then press the menu button,…
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Message #134162
So your are going to require your customers to plunk down an extra $50.00 bucks so your software can spawn off background processes? Sounds like a bargain to me, Ben. I have looked closely enough at ARexx to know that it is not for me, no criticism of Hawes et…
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Message #134144
Ben, Withiut looking at the actual numbers (LVO, etc.), I think one of the problems might be with the trashing of register in the smoother() function. For an example of a C program using setfunction, see beepit in DL 9 or 10. I had to use inline assembler (though Vic…
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C Language
Message #134117
Gary, You'll probably need the Equates for the assembler, as well as a linker, and perhaps libraries as well. EQU.ARC, EQUATE.ARC and SMALLI.ARC will probably get you started with the assembler, and there is a linker here, BLINK67.ARC, that is the early version of BLINK. For the C, however, you're…
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No RUN
Message #134114
Sorry, Not aware of AREXX's size. But hoping CBM will support it (i.e. distribute?) it may not bode well for AREXX, based of CBM's history. I hope that if they do, then all goes well. -Greg
All of this begs the question: If Arp is a no-no because it is non-standard, then why AREXX? -Greg
Well, actually – I didn't say _anything_ about a "non-supported library". I said I didn't want ARP in my system. Some of the reasons are: I don't want to learn new commands… and new BUGS. I don't want to gove up space to ARP library – want my cmds completely…
Larry, I think Ben's point, and it's my reasoning also, is that since ARP isn't the standard command set that comes with the Amiga…then there is no absolute guarantee that if a product that Ben makes runs under ARP that it will also run under CBM's standard command set. Or…
Hmmm… we seem to be pulling toward two different conversations… you are talking about WP, and I am talking about arp.library. Running a program with a 'non-CBM-supported' library is no different whether it's WP's or ARP's, and since _most_ of ARP seems to be problem free, it makes me wonder…
Well, the problem with WP was this entire flipping forum was saying "the bugs are out" "it's great software" "gotta have it if you're serious" "Finally, a _serious_ word processor for the Amiga" "Business will recognize us NOW…" Plus, it has LOTs of features, and I thought that I was…
Ben, That's all fine, but here was a product that by your own admission, crashed your system, trashed your HD, and in general made your disposition look about the same as a rabid wolverine's, and yet you say a program would have to be VERY good in order for you…
Funny you should mention WP I no longer have it in-system, as PCLOplus manual is DONE! libraries are out, et bloody cetera. I'm now plying with excellence – which, strangely enough, is excellent. Makes WP look like crud. Well, actully, WP makes WP look like crud. Excellence just provides the…
Ben, What about other programs you are running in your machine that use a 'foreign' library… like… oh… perhaps some word processor… it must be VERY good, and never crash your machine, or you wouldn't have 'lt it in the door'. Right? Ben? 🙂 -larry
My concious decision is that I don't (at this time) want ARP in my machine. Having ARP in a program guarentees that a will not be able to run it, since arp will NOT be in my machine is the forseeable future. It limits my options just like not running…
Ben, An author who writes something that requires arp.library is making a concious decision based upon how she views the alternatives. You job is then to make a concious decision to either use or not use that program. To base that particular decision on how you perceive the whole ARP…
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I Hate BPTR's
Message #133790
What you want to code is: VOID main() { BPTR outp; outp = Open("Con:0/0/200/100/TEST", MODE_NEWFILE); Write(outp, "This is a test\n", 15); Close(outp); } You want to treat the BPTR as just that – an unknown type of pointer that you don't need to manipulate. Only in a few rare circumstances…
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IFF Image C HELP
Message #133777
It's available, Steve. –Ben–
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#No RUN
Message #133758
There are those of us who don't have and don't want it either… gotta look at all the viewpoints…. –Ben–
Ross, the WINDOW you are INPUTing from MUST be the current window ( not ghosted ) to fix this you must click on the WINDOW requesting input or use the Intuition function WindowActivate& ( WindowPointer ) and you must have the intuition library open ( bmap ).
You can convert from any level file handle down. From Level2 to level1, just use fileno(fp). To go from level1 to level0, use: chkufb(fn)->ufbfh This also corresponds to the AmigaDos file handle. Note that this will work with 3.10 or 4.0 even though all the underlying I/O is different. Have…
Intuition & Overscan
Message #132991
Does anyone know how to make a normal Intuition screen show Overscan? Is it even possible? Or must I use the low level graphics stuff instead… What I want to do is be able to display an overscan picture, but still have the user be able to use menus. (Having…
Last I looked, Deluxe Paint Ii was about 5K bigger than that, at about 207K, Professional Page was about 325K, and Excellence was almost 350K. Diga is also large, but I can't remember how large.
The program I am currently writing ( "Weather-Link" ) is (to date) 202524 bytes as it sits on the disk. (surely not the biggest… just somewhere to start) – Keith
I was talking raw on-disk executable size, not so much minimum memory requirements… either number is equally interesting, though.
Keith, That will happen (I think) if the drive the script is on isn't ready yet. Try a short delay, or even better, if you have the 1.3 MOUNT command, put the line 'Mount = 1' in your mountlist for that drive. -larry
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C.A.P.E. Assembler
Message #132948
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Message #132947
I captured a bulletin from the Lattice BBS on c++. Uploaded to DL10.
I found that I could get the file handles to stdin and stdout using Input() and Outpt(). I still wonder whether there's a way to get a file handle from a level 2 file pointer. I couldn't find it in the listing of iobuf in the sdtio.h, but I'm still…
Thanks for the response. I was trying to rewrite the program, and I couldn't find a way to get the File Handles for stdin and stdout. I found the Input() and Output() functions in the chapter on disk files. Now to get it to work.
AMIGABASIC "INPUT"
Message #132937
The AMIGA BASIC command "INPUT" does not seem to work (Commodore Extras 1.2). The syntax, per the manual, is: INPUT[;][prompt string;]variable-list. I find that the question-mark prints as expected, and the string also, if included, but when INPUT is executed and I attempt to key in the data the screen…
Thanks for the price on upgrades. I think I am going to call the Lattice BBS. Rick
Bob, Thanks for the price on the upgrade. I don't want to send them too much money do I. I probably should have upgraded as soon as 4.0 came out. Rick
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