QB64 Tutorial IDE Lesson Added

[TerryRitchie]

I haven't had a chance to review the site yet, but there was a few things I wanted to mention that most folks usually forget, or don't know about the IDE:

1) You can use ALT-num codes to directly enter ASCII characters.  This can be a nice help for people who are trying to write extended characters, such as some of the accented ones.  Press and hold ALT, hit 6, hit 5, then release ALT, and you'll enter the character for CHR$(65) into the IDE.  (In this case "A".)

(Note this ALT-num codes work with both the numbers above your normal keys, and those on the numpad, depending on the state of numlock.)

2) Also worth mentioning:  If folks are wanting to learn various ASCII values, keep your eyes on the bottom right side of your screen.  At the bottom right, there's always a few numbers floating around such as 1:1:65.  That number relates to line number, column position, and ASCII character value for that position.   For the example above, the IDE would have "A" as the first very character on the very first line in the program.

(Note that this position is based on where the PRINT cursor is located, not the mouse, nor whatever might be highlighted in the IDE.  The character that your print cursor is blinking under, is the one that is referenced via this set of numbers.)

All good points to add. Ugh, wouldn't you know it, I didn't mention anything about the row:column:ascii information in the right hand corner. I'll add that too.