I saw your topic on the other forum about this same subject. The last program you presented so far could create good wallpapers for GNOME desktop LOL.
For Manjaro MATE I went ahead modified it to do nearly the whole screen (1360 by 760), enabled _FULLSCREEN and added "RANDOMIZE TIMER" at the top. So far created four wallpapers out of it using the screenshot utility.
I used one of the wallpapers but it's too colorful to read the names of the desktop shortcuts. That's why I said GNOME instead, unless the user has the GNOME extension to enable desktop icons.
A better solution for it is to take only one of the tiles and ask the desktop environment to tile it over the fascia. But that's another program and topic. Good job.
EDIT: This forum is really c___ping out on me lately!
Tessellations 4: b keypress toggles 3 or 4 Color choices and the c keypress toggles between random colors and contrasted colors = a red, a green and a blue for 4th color if one is white as Contrast colors seem darker.
' b+ 2023-05-09 - Tiling with a pattern
' Tessellation 2 will try color filled with more background black.
' Tessellation 3 Charlie mentions a mirror image for interesting tessellating,
' lets try mirroring both x and y axis.
'
' Tessellation 4
' Use b key to toggle between:
' 1. 3 color tessellation
' 2. 4 color tessellation
' and use c key to toggle between:
' 1. a random set of colors
' 2. contrast (a red, a green, a blue and 4th is white)
'
DefLng A-Z
Randomize Timer
Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32) ' full rgb range here
_ScreenMove 250, 50
Dim Shared Pix ' Pix is number of pixels to Tile side
Dim Shared Scale ' Change a pixel to a bigger square block for not so subtle patterns
Dim Shared Tile ' Handle that stores Tile Image in memory to call up with _PutImage
Dim Shared B ' Toggle color mode from 3 to 4 and back
Dim Shared C ' Toggle Contrast set and Random set of colors
ReDim Shared Pal(1 To 4) As _Unsigned Long ' palette to hold 3 or 4 colors
Do
k$ = InKey$
If k$ = "b" Then B = 1 - B ' toggle coloring mode on a b keypress
If k$ = "c" Then C = 1 - C ' toggle coloring mode on a b keypress
' update the title according current b and c toggles
If B Then t$ = "4" Else t$ = "3"
If C Then t$ = t$ + " Contrasted Colors" Else t$ = t$ + " Random Colors"
_Title t$ + ": use b to toggle 3|4 colors, c to toggle random|contrast, any other for next screen"
MakePalette ' 3 or 4 random colors according to b
MakeTile ' create a new random tiling pattern
Tessellate ' tile the screen with it
_PrintString (740, 580), "ZZZ..." ' Show user we are sleeping awaiting a key press
Sleep
Loop Until _KeyDown(27) ' quit when detect escape key on sleep
Sub MakePalette
If B Then n = 4 Else n = 3
ReDim Pal(1 To n) As _Unsigned Long
For i = 1 To n
If C Then
If B Then
If i = 4 Then Pal(i) = C3~&(999) Else Pal(i) = C3~&(10 ^ (i - 1) * Int(Rnd * 10))
Else
Pal(i) = C3~&(10 ^ (i - 1) * Int(Rnd * 10))
End If
Else
Pal(i) = C3~&(Int(Rnd * 1000))
End If
Next
End Sub
Sub MakeTile ' make a random tile to Tesselate according to B Mode coloring
Pix = Int(Rnd * 9) + 4 ' sets tile size: pix X pix or a 4X4 to 12X12 Tile coloring
Scale = Int(Rnd * 6) + 4 ' to change pixels to square blocks
If Tile Then _FreeImage Tile ' throw old image away
Tile = _NewImage(2 * Scale * Pix - 1, 2 * Scale * Pix - 1) ' make new one
_Dest Tile ' draw in the memory area Tile not on screen
For y = 0 To Scale * Pix Step Scale
For x = 0 To Scale * Pix Step Scale
If B Then r = Int(Rnd * 4) + 1 Else r = Int(Rnd * 3) + 1
Line (x, y)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF ' this should be integer since Tile is
Line (2 * Scale * Pix - x - 1, y)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Line (x, 2 * Scale * Pix - y - 1)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Line (2 * Scale * Pix - x - 1, 2 * Scale * Pix - y - 1)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Next
Next
_Dest 0
End Sub
Sub Tessellate ' just covering the screen with our Tile
For y = 0 To _Height Step 2 * Scale * Pix
For x = 0 To _Width Step 2 * Scale * Pix
_PutImage (x, y)-Step(2 * Scale * Pix, 2 * Scale * Pix), Tile, 0
Next
Next
End Sub
Function C3~& (n) ' New (even less typing!) New Color System 1000 colors with up to 3 digits
Dim s3$, r As Long, g As Long, b As Long
s3$ = Right$("000" + LTrim$(Str$(n)), 3)
r = Val(Mid$(s3$, 1, 1)): If r Then r = 28 * r + 3
g = Val(Mid$(s3$, 2, 1)): If g Then g = 28 * g + 3
b = Val(Mid$(s3$, 3, 1)): If b Then b = 28 * b + 3
C3~& = _RGB32(r, g, b)
End Function
' b+ 2023-05-09 - Tiling with a pattern
' Tessellation 2 will try color filled with more background black.
' Tessellation 3 Charlie mentions a mirror image for interesting tessellating,
' lets try mirroring both x and y axis.
'
' Tessellation 4
' Use b key to toggle between:
' 1. 3 color tessellation
' 2. 4 color tessellation
' and use c key to toggle between:
' 1. a random set of colors
' 2. contrast (a red, a green, a blue and 4th is white)
'
DefLng A-Z
Randomize Timer
Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32) ' full rgb range here
_ScreenMove 250, 50
Dim Shared Pix ' Pix is number of pixels to Tile side
Dim Shared Scale ' Change a pixel to a bigger square block for not so subtle patterns
Dim Shared Tile ' Handle that stores Tile Image in memory to call up with _PutImage
Dim Shared B ' Toggle color mode from 3 to 4 and back
Dim Shared C ' Toggle Contrast set and Random set of colors
ReDim Shared Pal(1 To 4) As _Unsigned Long ' palette to hold 3 or 4 colors
Do
k$ = InKey$
If k$ = "b" Then B = 1 - B ' toggle mode for number of colors on a b keypress
If k$ = "c" Then C = 1 - C ' toggle mode for coloring contrast on a c keypress
' update the title according current b and c toggles
If B Then t$ = "4" Else t$ = "3"
If C Then t$ = t$ + " Contrasted Colors" Else t$ = t$ + " Random Colors"
_Title t$ + ": use b to toggle 3|4 colors, c to toggle random|contrast, any other for next screen"
MakePalette ' 3 or 4 random colors according to b
MakeTile ' create a new random tiling pattern
Tessellate ' tile the screen with it
_PrintString (740, 580), "ZZZ..." ' Show user we are sleeping awaiting a key press
Sleep
Loop Until _KeyDown(27) ' quit when detect escape key on sleep
Sub MakePalette
If B Then n = 4 Else n = 3
ReDim Pal(1 To n) As _Unsigned Long
For i = 1 To n
If C Then
If B Then
If i = 4 Then Pal(i) = C3~&(999) Else Pal(i) = C3~&(10 ^ (i - 1) * Int(Rnd * 10))
Else
Pal(i) = C3~&(10 ^ (i - 1) * Int(Rnd * 10))
End If
Else
Pal(i) = C3~&(Int(Rnd * 1000))
End If
Next
End Sub
Sub MakeTile ' make a random tile to Tesselate according to B Mode coloring
Pix = Int(Rnd * 9) + 4 ' sets tile size: pix X pix or a 4X4 to 12X12 Tile coloring
Scale = Int(Rnd * 6) + 4 ' to change pixels to square blocks
If Tile Then _FreeImage Tile ' throw old image away
Tile = _NewImage(2 * Scale * Pix - 1, 2 * Scale * Pix - 1) ' make new one
_Dest Tile ' draw in the memory area Tile not on screen
For y = 0 To Scale * Pix Step Scale
For x = 0 To Scale * Pix Step Scale
If B Then r = Int(Rnd * 4) + 1 Else r = Int(Rnd * 3) + 1
Line (x, y)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF ' this should be integer since Tile is
Line (2 * Scale * Pix - x - 1, y)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Line (x, 2 * Scale * Pix - y - 1)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Line (2 * Scale * Pix - x - 1, 2 * Scale * Pix - y - 1)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Next
Next
_Dest 0
End Sub
Sub Tessellate ' just covering the screen with our Tile
For y = 0 To _Height Step 2 * Scale * Pix
For x = 0 To _Width Step 2 * Scale * Pix
_PutImage (x, y)-Step(2 * Scale * Pix, 2 * Scale * Pix), Tile, 0
Next
Next
End Sub
Function C3~& (n) ' New (even less typing!) New Color System 1000 colors with up to 3 digits
Dim s3$, r As Long, g As Long, b As Long
s3$ = Right$("000" + LTrim$(Str$(n)), 3)
r = Val(Mid$(s3$, 1, 1)): If r Then r = 28 * r + 3
g = Val(Mid$(s3$, 2, 1)): If g Then g = 28 * g + 3
b = Val(Mid$(s3$, 3, 1)): If b Then b = 28 * b + 3
C3~& = _RGB32(r, g, b)
End Function
What is really cool is the url link really works when you click it!
Well it did when code was mostly one color? Right after I make an edit, it works, interesting!
Yeah the code print is all white but the link is darker, right after an edit. Then when I come back to this post, it is color coded and the link doesn't work.
' b+ 2023-05-09 - Tiling with a pattern
' Tessellation 2 will try color filled with more background black.
' Tessellation 3 Charlie mentions a mirror image for interesting tessellating,
' lets try mirroring both x and y axis.
'
' Tessellation 4
' Use b key to toggle between:
' 1. 3 color tessellation
' 2. 4 color tessellation
' and use c key to toggle between:
' 1. a random set of colors
' 2. contrast (a red, a green, a blue and 4th is white)
'
DefLng A-Z
Randomize Timer
Screen _NewImage(800, 600, 32) ' full rgb range here
_ScreenMove 250, 50
Dim Shared Pix ' Pix is number of pixels to Tile side
Dim Shared Scale ' Change a pixel to a bigger square block for not so subtle patterns
Dim Shared Tile ' Handle that stores Tile Image in memory to call up with _PutImage
Dim Shared B ' Toggle color mode from 3 to 4 and back
Dim Shared C ' Toggle Contrast set and Random set of colors
ReDim Shared Pal(1 To 4) As _Unsigned Long ' palette to hold 3 or 4 colors
Do
k$ = InKey$
If k$ = "b" Then B = 1 - B ' toggle mode for number of colors on a b keypress
If k$ = "c" Then C = 1 - C ' toggle mode for coloring contrast on a c keypress
' update the title according current b and c toggles
If B Then t$ = "4" Else t$ = "3"
If C Then t$ = t$ + " Contrasted Colors" Else t$ = t$ + " Random Colors"
_Title t$ + ": use b to toggle 3|4 colors, c to toggle random|contrast, any other for next screen"
MakePalette ' 3 or 4 random colors according to b
MakeTile ' create a new random tiling pattern
Tessellate ' tile the screen with it
_PrintString (740, 580), "ZZZ..." ' Show user we are sleeping awaiting a key press
Sleep
Loop Until _KeyDown(27) ' quit when detect escape key on sleep
Sub MakePalette
If B Then n = 4 Else n = 3
ReDim Pal(1 To n) As _Unsigned Long
For i = 1 To n
If C Then
If B Then
If i = 4 Then Pal(i) = C3~&(999) Else Pal(i) = C3~&(10 ^ (i - 1) * Int(Rnd * 10))
Else
Pal(i) = C3~&(10 ^ (i - 1) * Int(Rnd * 10))
End If
Else
Pal(i) = C3~&(Int(Rnd * 1000))
End If
Next
End Sub
Sub MakeTile ' make a random tile to Tesselate according to B Mode coloring
Pix = Int(Rnd * 9) + 4 ' sets tile size: pix X pix or a 4X4 to 12X12 Tile coloring
Scale = Int(Rnd * 6) + 4 ' to change pixels to square blocks
If Tile Then _FreeImage Tile ' throw old image away
Tile = _NewImage(2 * Scale * Pix - 1, 2 * Scale * Pix - 1) ' make new one
_Dest Tile ' draw in the memory area Tile not on screen
For y = 0 To Scale * Pix Step Scale
For x = 0 To Scale * Pix Step Scale
If B Then r = Int(Rnd * 4) + 1 Else r = Int(Rnd * 3) + 1
Line (x, y)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF ' this should be integer since Tile is
Line (2 * Scale * Pix - x - 1, y)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Line (x, 2 * Scale * Pix - y - 1)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Line (2 * Scale * Pix - x - 1, 2 * Scale * Pix - y - 1)-Step(Scale, Scale), Pal(r), BF
Next
Next
_Dest 0
End Sub
Sub Tessellate ' just covering the screen with our Tile
For y = 0 To _Height Step 2 * Scale * Pix
For x = 0 To _Width Step 2 * Scale * Pix
_PutImage (x, y)-Step(2 * Scale * Pix, 2 * Scale * Pix), Tile, 0
Next
Next
End Sub
Function C3~& (n) ' New (even less typing!) New Color System 1000 colors with up to 3 digits
Dim s3$, r As Long, g As Long, b As Long
s3$ = Right$("000" + LTrim$(Str$(n)), 3)
r = Val(Mid$(s3$, 1, 1)): If r Then r = 28 * r + 3
g = Val(Mid$(s3$, 2, 1)): If g Then g = 28 * g + 3
b = Val(Mid$(s3$, 3, 1)): If b Then b = 28 * b + 3
C3~& = _RGB32(r, g, b)
End Function
What is really cool is the url link really works when you click it!
Well it did when code was mostly one color? Right after I make an edit, it works, interesting!
Yeah the code print is all white but the link is darker, right after an edit. Then when I come back to this post, it is color coded and the link doesn't work.
There is something strange going on with the way the sceditor javascript (which is what MyBB uses for it's rich editor) when it's using WYSIWYG mode vs. Source mode.
If you use a the qb bbcode in source mode, and paste, it honors all whitespace.
If you do the same in WYSIWYG mode, it does not.
Also, for some reason if you edit a post you made using purely Source mode, the whitespace gets screwed up.
I've banged my head against this all day almost and came up short. I'm not giving up, but yeah, it's a pain.
Quote:I've banged my head against this all day almost and came up short. I'm not giving up, but yeah, it's a pain.
To immerse oneself in some thing like that rarely achieves anything. One just get nervous, even angry, and in the end one can not see the forest for the trees.
My personal experience is: That if it's not a matter of life or death , let it go one day and start again relaxed.
, let it go one day and start again relaxed.
Hm, "unexpected character" . . . did you forget "Option Explicit" again? - The old Basic veterans. 
