Re: [Ntw-devel] Develpment in trunk?

[Ian L. <dr...@gm...>]

I can add the initgraphics command fairly easily, I think.

And the image feature is the next thing I plan to implement.  It
shouldn't be too difficult at all, and should be in the next release.

-Ian

On 3/7/07, Immo-Gert Birn <imm...@gm...> wrote:
> Hello Ian,
>
> it was late yesterday and and I somehow managed to forget to mention a
> two things:
> > Maybe we should consider adding a BASIC command to change the size of
> > the graphics window at run time, too.
> In fact that was my very first idea: some command like
> initgraphics(width,height) could be used to set up the graphics output
> area. But I felt that in a first step it would be easiest for me to
> have the command line option. Still I think it would be good to have
> such a command, and I will probably try to implement it.
>
> The feature "my kids" would like to have most (after they got sound ;)
> is to be able to display an image in the graphics output window:
>   IMAGE x,y,width,height,angle
> This would be really a great feature for the next release.
>
> Best regards, Immo
>
>
> Am Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:19:28 -0800
> schrieb "Ian Larsen" <dr...@gm...>:
>
> > Immo,
> >
> > No, there's no cron job.  It's a good idea to set one up though, I'll
> > do that.
> >
> > And I'll review your changes.
> >
> > -Ian
> >
> > On 3/6/07, Immo-Gert Birn <imm...@gm...> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I committed the changes. There was a bug when loading a file from
> > > command line that I fixed, too. It would be great if you could
> > > review the changes.
> > > BTW, is there a cron job running that refreshes the web site from
> > > the svn repository?
> > >
> > > Best regards, Immo
> > >
> > >
> > > Am Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:42:43 -0800
> > > schrieb "Ian Larsen" <dr...@gm...>:
> > >
> > > > Immo,
> > > >
> > > > Please go ahead and use trunk for commits.  I think the chances
> > > > of any of us interfering with each other are slim now that most
> > > > of the big features have been added.
> > > >
> > > > And any examples you contribute are welcome.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think there are any reasons the graphics window shouldn't
> > > > be adjustable in size.  If you've got it working, great.  Maybe
> > > > we should consider adding a BASIC command to change the size of
> > > > the graphics window at run time, too.
> > > >
> > > > -Ian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 3/5/07, Immo-Gert Birn <imm...@gm...> wrote:
> > > > > Hello Ian,
> > > > >
> > > > > first of all thank you for providing the documentation script
> > > > > and for releasing 0.9.2. I used self compiled pre-releases in
> > > > > my class for some time in order to have sound capabilities, and
> > > > > then the kids wondered why it did not work at home with the
> > > > > downloaded BASIC256.
> > > > >
> > > > > I prepared a small change that allows to set the size of the
> > > > > graphics output window via command line. I promised this to my
> > > > > kids
> > > > > - we want to program a game where a bigger graphics window
> > > > > would be great. Shall I commit the change to trunk or do you
> > > > > prefer that I use branches/devel. I hope there are no principal
> > > > > reasons against the feature.
> > > > >
> > > > > Finally, I would like to add two basic scripts to the examples:
> > > > > a) A program to calculate the square root according to Heron.
> > > > > b) A 2-dimensional collision program - collision of two "balls".
> > > > > Again the question would be whether this is ok and whether I
> > > > > shall use trunk.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you in advance,
> > > > > Immo
> > > > >
> > >
>