Thanks for that fix, Daniele! On 26-Dec-1999/16:35:42-1:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[REBOL] Nobody wants to play with me :-( > >> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 14:28:27 -0800 >> Subject: [REBOL] Nobody wants to play with me :-( >> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> As nobody else appears to be entering holiday demos, I am entering one more :-) >> >> This is actually a proof of concept for a series of text-gui.r functions I >> have written (needed for several upcoming work-related projects). > >Fiddling with your previous %christmas.r I found a problem which could show up with >this >function (from %greetings.r) which is the same code > >screensize: func [/local xwidth yheight cons screen-dimensions][ > cons: open/binary [scheme: 'console] > print "<CTRL>(1B)[7n" screen-dimensions: next next to-string copy cons > close cons > > parse screen-dimensions [copy yheight to ";" thru ";" copy xwidth to "R" to end] > reduce [(load xwidth) - 1 (load yheight) - 2] >] > >If you write something at the console before the 'print gets executed then the >following 'next 'next >would eat other chars than the expected "<CTRL>(1b)[" and then (load xwitdh) would >fail >E.g. that happens if you strike some keys while the script is not yet arrived at >'screensize >(simulated with a 'wait) > >wait 3 screensize > >I would change > print "<CTRL>(1B)[7n" screen-dimensions: next next to-string copy cons >in > print "<CTRL>(1B)[7n" screen-dimensions: to-string copy cons > >and > parse screen-dimensions [copy yheight to ";" thru ";" copy xwidth to "R" to end] >in > parse screen-dimensions [ thru "<CTRL>(1b)[" copy yheight to ";" thru ";" copy >xwidth to "R" to end] > >resulting in > >screensize: func [/local xwidth yheight cons screen-dimensions][ > cons: open/binary [scheme: 'console] > print "<CTRL>(1B)[7n" screen-dimensions: to-string copy cons > close cons > > parse screen-dimensions [ thru "<CTRL>(1b)[" copy yheight to ";" thru ";" copy >xwidth to "R" to end] > reduce [(load xwidth) - 1 (load yheight) - 2] >] > >Ciao, >Daniele. > -- Bohdan "Bo" Lechnowsky REBOL Adventure Guide REBOL Technologies 707-467-8000 (http://www.rebol.com) Download the REBOL Messaging Language for all Platforms