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by speedfixer
Feb 17, 2024 12:27
Forum: General
Topic: Console window during graphics
Replies: 4
Views: 294

Re: Console window during graphics

Also - depends on what you need from the external you are calling - use OPEN PIPE instead.

david
by speedfixer
Sep 10, 2023 17:30
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Contribute to the maintenance of the project
Replies: 7
Views: 1971

Re: Contribute to the maintenance of the project

Excellent sentiment. And an interesting proposition for any/all who have profited by involvement in FB. I have read all the posts related to contributions. I WOULD give $$$ - if possible, non-profit or otherwise. Personally, once upon a time I thought I could contribute in code/review/development, e...
by speedfixer
May 29, 2023 18:26
Forum: General
Topic: FreeBasic's Timer
Replies: 253
Views: 14846

Re: FreeBasic's Timer

@deltarho[1859]: Yours truly wrote: Perhaps some comments from members would be helpful. Stand aside to avoid being crushed. :lol: See what I mean? At PowerBASIC quite a few members would have responded by now. Yeah, I hear crickets, also. And I am one of them. Please: always look at the view count....
by speedfixer
Feb 28, 2023 18:39
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Chatting with AI
Replies: 91
Views: 12750

Re: Chatting with AI

At least for this discussion, though, don't mix apples and oranges. When you say AI, I think we all mean/imply general AI as a problem solver. *This* AI is ChatGPT - the intent is to produce a reply that will accepted by the person asking the question. While some facts must be present to be believab...
by speedfixer
Feb 23, 2023 22:09
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Chatting with AI
Replies: 91
Views: 12750

Re: Chatting with AI

I think what those responses demonstrate is, by 'learning' apparently successful conversational technique from social media, that social media is toxic.

david
by speedfixer
Feb 22, 2023 21:33
Forum: Hardware Interfaces / Communication
Topic: FB Rpi & ADS1115 [SOLVED}
Replies: 6
Views: 2883

Re: I2C to ADS1115

pigpio is a very robust. complete, mature system. Not small. I reviewed what I have, and see that a 'little' more might be needed. I am composing an email to you describing what I have. With a direct reply to me, I will send zips with my libraries, etc. We can make it work on the side, then share la...
by speedfixer
Feb 22, 2023 18:19
Forum: Hardware Interfaces / Communication
Topic: FB Rpi & ADS1115 [SOLVED}
Replies: 6
Views: 2883

Re: I2C to ADS1115

try pigpio. I was a lot happier with it even before WiringPi was deprecated. http://abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/ I don't even remember what issues I had with it - it was that easy. If you bump into a problem, ask. Its been awhile but I should be able to help you. The 'default' included libs in Pi (and Lin...
by speedfixer
Nov 18, 2022 2:10
Forum: Beginners
Topic: MULTIKEY , Is the code correct?
Replies: 31
Views: 3811

Re: MULTIKEY , Is the code correct?

My early cls : print etc. is just to give a clear space to view the output from the top of page. As I said in the remark: I would never print or do any extra activity during a critical test loop. I run code like this in seperate threads and export (retrieve?) the value from a 'main' control loop. Bu...
by speedfixer
Nov 17, 2022 1:26
Forum: Beginners
Topic: MULTIKEY , Is the code correct?
Replies: 31
Views: 3811

Re: MULTIKEY , Is the code correct?

OK. Looks like a fun game. (I have never seen a problem with multikey. I only use Linux.) 'dim as Zstring*5 key dim as string key dim as string keypressed dim as long iShift , iLeft , iRight dim as long addtime ' normal keypress can be 15 to 50 msec ' TWO keys -- lots longer cls : print : print &quo...
by speedfixer
Oct 19, 2022 16:35
Forum: General
Topic: error 51: User Defined Type too big
Replies: 34
Views: 3520

Re: error 51: User Defined Type too big

The OP is asking about how to implement his desire in programming.

He is not asking that his application intent be judged. That is his choice.
by speedfixer
Sep 28, 2022 16:40
Forum: General
Topic: Nesting TYPE (temporary) keyword does not support multi-level inheritance structure
Replies: 16
Views: 2501

Re: Nesting TYPE (temporary) keyword does not support multi-level inheritance structure

@fxm: "Indeed, for a non-advanced user ..." Agree. But can we at least have a reference to advanced docs make that distinction clear somewhere? It would be a shame to already have all this deep knowlege unrecorded. (Sorry, fxm. I do not mean to lay more work on you or anyone else.) david
by speedfixer
Sep 05, 2022 16:24
Forum: General
Topic: variadic integer parameter
Replies: 9
Views: 1324

Re: variadic integer parameter

FRAC()

Never noticed that before. Always pays to just skim all the posts.
david
by speedfixer
Aug 19, 2022 22:48
Forum: Documentation
Topic: CatPgArray
Replies: 1
Views: 2938

CatPgArray

re: Defining Arrays

Easy to miss; we always assume the simplest is already understood, but:

DIM is missing from the list.

david
by speedfixer
Jul 08, 2022 17:12
Forum: Documentation
Topic: Wiki improvements
Replies: 764
Views: 220721

Re: Wiki improvements

zero terminated command line arguments passed in on the command line
Perhaps a good change might be:
zero terminated command line and arguments passed in on the command line

david
by speedfixer
Jul 08, 2022 17:08
Forum: General
Topic: Weird behavior in fixed length strings
Replies: 44
Views: 3563

Re: Weird behavior in fixed length strings

I read, then re-read these string discussion threads over and over, again and again. Perhaps I am missing the point of these threads. Yes, once in a very great while, a bug is uncovered. But usually: In terms of the concepts of human usage, strings are a very complex topic when attempting to impleme...