Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
Marcel writes: Announcement =-=-=-=-=-=- Ive been playing around with the new QPC and Smsq/e for a couple of days now, and I must say that Im very impressed! Marcel, Wolfgang and others have done a splendid job. Bravo! guys, and many thanks! I find it a bit sad that one of the biggest things to have hit the QL world in recent times has barely caused a ripple on this list. Lets assure these guys that they made the right choice in poring over their overheated computers in darkend rooms for the benefit of their friends and fellow nerds, instead of taking up fishing in the healthy fresh outdoors, or pursuing wealth and glory in the material world! I very much hope that we shall see some great new software that takes full advantage of all the new treats weve now got! The problem is that there are virtually no tools to make a programmer or user's life easier. We need tools to help creating styles, to pick colours, to design sprites and menus, and so on. Its going to be very difficult for casual programmers, such as me, to produce new stuff or upgrade old stuff if we have to do all the hard work by hand. I dont enjoy creating user-interfaces in a text editor! There are some promising beginnings, as was pointed out in a recent QL Toady. But it could take a very long time before some of these products become generally useful to the average punter. If the same level of collaboration could be achieved in developing or improving some of these tools, as was the case with Smsq/e, we might really get somewhere. This requires that programmers make clear what kind of help they need, and that people take them up on it. Things like the translation of manuals, reviews-cum-tutorials, sprites, add-ons, help, collaboration over standards, etc could all be useful. For those that feel they dont have anything to contribute, how about at the very least registering the use of a product with the author, or making your interest and appreciation clear, or even sending a donation, where this is wanted? C'mon guys! Weve all got things to do! Per
RE: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
You're right ! -Message d'origine- De : P Witte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : vendredi 4 juillet 2003 15:13 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01 Marcel writes: Announcement =-=-=-=-=-=- Ive been playing around with the new QPC and Smsq/e for a couple of days now, and I must say that Im very impressed! Marcel, Wolfgang and others have done a splendid job. Bravo! guys, and many thanks! etc
RE : [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
Hi everyone, Perharps it should be time to find new QL Users in all over the world as I meet some events like : * There is some young people that want to become programmers but they don't know where to start, * I saw in french stores a Joystick with integrated small console of an ATARI 2600 on sell with 10 very old games like PONG at 30 euros. * Owning old computers is a hobby for many people. * An informatician said me that SuperBasic is a really very wonderfull language. * 68000 Assembler is still learn at school. This should help to increase opportunities around QL and SMSQ technologies... Jimmy -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de P Witte Envoyé : vendredi 4 juillet 2003 15:13 À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01 Marcel writes: Announcement =-=-=-=-=-=- Ive been playing around with the new QPC and Smsq/e for a couple of days now, and I must say that Im very impressed! Marcel, Wolfgang and others have done a splendid job. Bravo! guys, and many thanks! I find it a bit sad that one of the biggest things to have hit the QL world in recent times has barely caused a ripple on this list. Lets assure these guys that they made the right choice in poring over their overheated computers in darkend rooms for the benefit of their friends and fellow nerds, instead of taking up fishing in the healthy fresh outdoors, or pursuing wealth and glory in the material world! I very much hope that we shall see some great new software that takes full advantage of all the new treats weve now got! The problem is that there are virtually no tools to make a programmer or user's life easier. We need tools to help creating styles, to pick colours, to design sprites and menus, and so on. Its going to be very difficult for casual programmers, such as me, to produce new stuff or upgrade old stuff if we have to do all the hard work by hand. I dont enjoy creating user-interfaces in a text editor! There are some promising beginnings, as was pointed out in a recent QL Toady. But it could take a very long time before some of these products become generally useful to the average punter. If the same level of collaboration could be achieved in developing or improving some of these tools, as was the case with Smsq/e, we might really get somewhere. This requires that programmers make clear what kind of help they need, and that people take them up on it. Things like the translation of manuals, reviews-cum-tutorials, sprites, add-ons, help, collaboration over standards, etc could all be useful. For those that feel they dont have anything to contribute, how about at the very least registering the use of a product with the author, or making your interest and appreciation clear, or even sending a donation, where this is wanted? C'mon guys! Weve all got things to do! Per
Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
This requires that programmers make clear what kind of help they need, and that people take them up on it. Things like the translation of manuals, reviews-cum-tutorials, sprites, add-ons, help, collaboration over standards, etc could all be useful. As far as I'm concerned, an update to Easyptr (Basic for me, and C for others) to quickly and easily rattle off programs. The window save and restore already seem to handle the new colour schemes (they're probably simple block memory moves), so writing a graphics viewer program for example is possible in Easyptr. -- Dilwyn Jones
Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
P Witte wrote: Marcel writes: Announcement =-=-=-=-=-=- Ive been playing around with the new QPC and Smsq/e for a couple of days now, and I must say that Im very impressed! Marcel, Wolfgang and others have done a splendid job. Bravo! guys, and many thanks! I couldn't reply earlier, I installed QPC2 v3.11 - SMSQ\E v3.01 only a few hours ago and... yes, it is impressive. To all who made this release possible: THANK YOU. I find it a bit sad that one of the biggest things to have hit the QL world in recent times has barely caused a ripple on this list. Lets assure these guys that they made the right choice in poring over their overheated computers in darkend rooms for the benefit of their friends and fellow nerds, instead of taking up fishing in the healthy fresh outdoors, or pursuing wealth and glory in the material world! Yes, it is very sad. Could it be that most subscribers to this list are no longer interested? I hope not. I prefer to think they are already enjoying their summer holidays. snip C'mon guys! Weve all got things to do! Per François Van Emelen
RE: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
Morning Marcel, you wrote : Other stuff like a new DISA I'm still working on, though you can already see the current built in the screen shot. But it's probably just me who uses tools like DISA anyway. Nah, I have Disa V2 and use it quite often - hey, you don't think I use stuff like QLTDis do you :o) I never knew that you had taken it over. I like the way it lets you pre-process a disassembly to identify code, config etc - a brilliant idea when it first came out. I also use Davide's DEA from time to time as well. And IDIS (SE). And QLTDis . I guess I'm just a disassembler fanatic !! Cheers, Norman. - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - This email is intended only for the use of the addressees named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in it, nor copy it, nor inform any person other than Lynx Financial Systems or the addressees of its existence or contents. If you have received this email and are not a named addressee, please delete it and notify the Lynx Financial Systems IT Department on 0113 2892990.
Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
Marcel wrote:- All this was done FREE of charge for everybody to enjoy (yes, even for you heretics that don't use QPC). If you feel like supporting the development, please buy another 10 copies of QPCs (Huh? What do you mean with I don't even have a PC!?). Or donate something. If you donate food, I prefer the BigKing over the BigMac. With ordinary fries, not that chunky crap. Oh wait, I already started to get fat. Send some salad. He also likes gummy bears and pizza, bu NOT korma curries :-)) I'll never forget that night in a hurry.Or your birthday cake for that matter! Darren. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
Norman Dunbar wrote: Nah, I have Disa V2 and use it quite often - hey, you don't think I use stuff like QLTDis do you :o) Hehe, DISA is actually one of the best disassemblers I know. For any platform. I never knew that you had taken it over. Well, I just hate looking at old-style programs now, therefore I've acquired the sources. And while I'm at it I'm trying to implement support for the new PE data structures, too. Otherwise one cannot properly disassemble any new-style programs anymore. Cheers, Marcel
RE: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
Nice !! - Norman Dunbar Database/Unix administrator Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 0113 289 6265 Fax: 0113 289 3146 URL: http://www.Lynx-FS.com - -Original Message- From: Marcel Kilgus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 11:59 AM To: ql-users Subject: Re: [ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01 Norman Dunbar wrote: Nah, I have Disa V2 and use it quite often - hey, you don't think I use stuff like QLTDis do you :o) Hehe, DISA is actually one of the best disassemblers I know. For any platform. I never knew that you had taken it over. Well, I just hate looking at old-style programs now, therefore I've acquired the sources. And while I'm at it I'm trying to implement support for the new PE data structures, too. Otherwise one cannot properly disassemble any new-style programs anymore. Cheers, Marcel This email is intended only for the use of the addressees named above and may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not an addressee you must not read it and must not use any information contained in it, nor copy it, nor inform any person other than Lynx Financial Systems or the addressees of its existence or contents. If you have received this email and are not a named addressee, please delete it and notify the Lynx Financial Systems IT Department on 0113 2892990.
[ql-users] QPC2 v3.11 SMSQE v3.01
Announcement =-=-=-=-=-=- After roughly one year of work QPC2 v3.11 including SMSQ/E v3.01 is finally out and downloadeable from the usual address (and with the usual password): http://www.kilgus.net/qpc/ Both SMSQ/E and QPC version history can be read there or below. Also check out the new desktop image at http://www.kilgus.net/images/qldesktop.png In related news, I have prepared QPAC2 v1.42. Minor changes to Files window and the Channels window is fixed again on QDOS platforms (Minerva wasn't affected). Current Sysmon is at version 2.09, on current GD2 systems you might want to check whether you have the latest one. More stuff like a polished up Qascade and my own colour/sprite theme you see in the shot is already finished but needs to be prepared for release. RoboCup world championship is coming right up, so this will probably take some more time (in fact I should be better working at the CORBA based ball localisation routine than hacking these lines here, but well ;-). Other stuff like a new DISA I'm still working on, though you can already see the current built in the screen shot. But it's probably just me who uses tools like DISA anyway. All this was done FREE of charge for everybody to enjoy (yes, even for you heretics that don't use QPC). If you feel like supporting the development, please buy another 10 copies of QPCs (Huh? What do you mean with I don't even have a PC!?). Or donate something. If you donate food, I prefer the BigKing over the BigMac. With ordinary fries, not that chunky crap. Oh wait, I already started to get fat. Send some salad. More seriously, I would also appreciate self-made applications or themes that uses the stuff I painfully thought up. Attention: everybody who asks a question that is explained in the manual will get hit by a meteor. You have been warned! And this just in: there's enough salad in the freezer, please don't post any more. Have all the fun you can possibly get, Marcel P.S.: I get silly when I'm overworked and tired. But you can probably tell by now anyway. SMSQ/E version history =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3.01 More system sprites (MK) New window move routines Config block (WL + MK) Fixed bug for stippled borders in WMAN (WL) More con vectors (WL) Bugfix for object drawing wman rptr routines (WL MK) Fixed wallpaper on display change, broken in 2d99 (MK) 3.00 Fixed bug in screen driver that could crash the machine in low memory situations (MK) Added many sprite modes (mode 64, mode 32/33 etc.) (MK JG) Added support for large sprites (MK) New high colour WMAN with lots of new features (MK WL) New sprite formats with alpha blending RLE compression (MK) Better handling of hard disks for Q40 (JG) Better handling of system sprites, many more system sprites introduced (MK) WMAN colour palettes introduced config block for them (MK) New keywords Fex etc... (PW MK) Default keyboard may be different from default message languages (WL) Sprites may be drawn differently depending on item status (WL + MK) New con/ptr vectors concept introduced (MK) Better handling of background colours (MK) Basic procs OK even if a LARGE number of parameters are passed to them (MK) Bugfixes for some EE traps, keep A1 as per documentation (WL) Qx0 caches on at startup (FD) 8 bit Aurora GD2 screen driver, also introduced in QPC (MK) Screen aspect ratio for graphics functions now a CON variable (MK) Hotkey system configurable again like standalone version (MK) 2.99 RND no longer returns invalid floating point for RND=0 A3 addressing problems in pointer open routine fixed. d Fixed free/total sector info of STAT and DIR for large drives (MK) Re-implemented sms.frtp the way it was supposed to be (MK) Changed FREE_MEM SBASIC function to use sms.frtp (MK) Background colour now drawn on-the-fly instead of consuming memory (MK) Updated WMAN to V1.54. This implements the first phase of the high colour enhancements (MK) Changed RAM disc for fast memory use (MK) e QPC implemented fast memory (MK) f EXTRAS command changed to show all SBASIC commands no matter where their code is located (MK) x,y,z better handling of shadows in high colour mode (MK) Fast memory also on Qx0 (MK) Italian language support (FD) No more MOVEP for Qx0 (FD) QPC version history =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 3.11 Improved free/total disc space calculation on DOS device. Name of DOS drive now reflects the real path. If it points to a drive this is directly returned (e.g. C:\), if it points to a path the last directory name is returned (e.g. DIR for C:\QPC\DIR). OS command line option now also accepts SMSQE.BIN files in directories other than the one QPC2.EXE is in. Fixed slightly unnormalised floating point representation of
