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Re: [bme-develop] Working emoticon code!

[Simon T. <sim...@nt...>]

3rd attempt to send this...

> aloha fellow bme brothers,

Hiya

> >Well the handler could create an IconLoader in its constructor. All 
> > of
> >that will be done before any messages are processed anyway.
> >
> Done!
> 
> The emoticon code is working almost entirely now! it also processes 
> messages 
> like "Tim says bladiebla :D..." to a MessageItem that represents this 
> text, 
> and the place for the emoticon. The code is in CVS, so have a look at 
> it. 
> It's not finished yet, though! I use windowLengths to scan the 
> string...those windowLengths are the different emoticon string 
> lengths.... 
> :D has windowLength 2, whereas :-) has windowLength 3...the code that 
> adds 
> those windowLenghts automatically from the read emoticon strings I 
> still 
> have to add....
> 
> and then....it's GUI time!!!

Nice work!

I will have a look at the code later. What are the window lengths for? 
Isn't it easier just to do a loop:
for each emoticonString
	if BString::FindFirst(textToScan, emoticonString) != NULL
		addEmot
loop

Sorry to say I've been very busy recently, so I've not managed to 
change the protocol code to use a bigger buffer yet. I may get round to 
it soon (although exams are now fast approaching, so I will be a bit 
busier for the next few months :s)

> regards,
> 
> Tim
> 
> Btw: I already tested this code in a BWindow + BView!

Cool
 
Simon

Re: [bme-develop] Working emoticon code!

[Sir M. <obe...@ho...>]

Aloha...

grmf....took me a while to notice this email...hotmail decided it was 
junk....:S

>Nice work!
>
>I will have a look at the code later. What are the window lengths for?
>Isn't it easier just to do a loop:
>for each emoticonString
>	if BString::FindFirst(textToScan, emoticonString) != NULL
>		addEmot
>loop
>
Yep that's easier....but a lot slower...if you scan the text like that you 
have to:
-search through the entire text
-search through the entire emoticon list
No I'm doing something like this:

loop through text
    loop through windowLengths
         subString = text[currentPos, currentPos + windowLength]
         Emoticon emot = findEmoticon(subString)
         if not null
             add to emoticon list(emot)
            currentPos +=  windowLenght
currentPos++

Ok we still have to loop through the entire text...but that can't be 
prevented....But! I implemented findEmoticon with a so called 
binarySearch...this search has a complexity of (if I remember it correctly)
2 log n...and roughly has to search only half of the emoticons or even 
less....this will be a great improvement in speed! therefore it's a bit more 
complex...

>Sorry to say I've been very busy recently, so I've not managed to
>change the protocol code to use a bigger buffer yet. I may get round to
>it soon (although exams are now fast approaching, so I will be a bit
>busier for the next few months :s)
>
No problem! Well Daniel has fixed the bigger buffer, as you may have read in 
his email...we'll see you back after your exams...oh I will see what I can 
do about that news section!

regards,

Tim

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Re: [bme-develop] Working emoticon code!

[Simon T. <sim...@nt...>]

> Aloha...
> 
> grmf....took me a while to notice this email...hotmail decided it was 
> junk....:S

I've missed a few too; found out how to disable junk filter now.

Now I can't send mails from my subscribed account, as the postmaster 
address is full, an sf checks that before sending the mails to the 
list. Grr.

> >Nice work!
> >
> >I will have a look at the code later. What are the window lengths 
> > for?
> >Isn't it easier just to do a loop:
> >for each emoticonString
> >	if BString::FindFirst(textToScan, emoticonString) != NULL
> >		addEmot
> >loop
> >
> Yep that's easier....but a lot slower...if you scan the text like 
> that you 
> have to:
> -search through the entire text
> -search through the entire emoticon list
> No I'm doing something like this:
> 
> loop through text
>     loop through windowLengths
>          subString = text[currentPos, currentPos + windowLength]
>          Emoticon emot = findEmoticon(subString)
>          if not null
>              add to emoticon list(emot)
>             currentPos +=  windowLenght
> currentPos++
> 
> Ok we still have to loop through the entire text...but that can't be 
> prevented....But! I implemented findEmoticon with a so called 
> binarySearch...this search has a complexity of (if I remember it 
> correctly)
> 2 log n...and roughly has to search only half of the emoticons or 
> even 
> less....this will be a great improvement in speed! therefore it's a 
> bit more 
> complex...

Ah ok then, I see.
 
> >Sorry to say I've been very busy recently, so I've not managed to
> >change the protocol code to use a bigger buffer yet. I may get round 
> > to
> >it soon (although exams are now fast approaching, so I will be a bit
> >busier for the next few months :s)
> >
> No problem! Well Daniel has fixed the bigger buffer, as you may have 
> read in 
> his email...we'll see you back after your exams...oh I will see what 
> I can 
> do about that news section!

Thanks.

Tried the new code Daniel - it seems to work although the sign in 
window keeps popping up at every NSServer command. It looks nicer with 
my log window though. If you want to see the connection logging, I have 
uploaded the files here:

http://si-msn.port5.com/NetWatch.zip

Unzip somewhere, open the project file and drag all the files apart 
from the NetWatchApp one into the bme project. This will add the files 
and the paths.

Now go into the MSNServerHandler and change the first line of the 
constructor:
	conexion = new BNetEndpoint();
to:
	conexion = new WatchNetEndpoint(name);

You'll need to #include "WatchNetEndpoint.h" in that file too.

Have fun, and don't close the window while the endpoint is still 
connected and sending data.


Simon