10-15-2023, 08:14 PM
Terry posted an idea for improving QB64PE here: https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2075
Basically, his idea was simple -- Add an optional parameter to CLS so you don't have to change _DEST when using it.
And hey, let's be honest, that's a GREAT idea!! But, let's take it a step further: How many times have you wished you could just do a simple PSET (x, y), color, optional_imagehandle? Set a color of a pixel on an image, without having to alter source and dest to do so!
And how many other commands are there that could benefit from this type improvement? Off the top of my head, I can think of:
CLS ,background, imagehandle
PSET (x, y), color, imagehandle
LINE (x, y) - (x,y), color, BF, imagehandle
CIRCLE (though I'm too lazy to look up all its syntax), imagehandle
Now, here's my question for you guys, and here's where you can help with some easy development tasks: Give me a list of any and all other commands which could benefit from this simple optional parameter addition. A change like this won't affect existing code at all. Your old stuff won't break. All it'll do is allow a little more flexibility to be added to new stuff, and make it just a little simpler to code things in the future. And, honestly, making such changes is more or less a trivial matter which even someone like myself can push into the repo with just a few hours work and a couple lines of code.
Wrack your brain and help list what needs this style improvement. Heck, if you're brain damaged like me, yet have a ton of free time, pop over to the wiki and scroll down the command list and see what it seems like an optional parameter could help improve.
List those ideas here, and I'll see about taking a little free time this week and next weekend, and making the changes for us and push them into the repo for folks to enjoy in future versions of QB64PE. I'm getting older, and my eyes go all crosseyed and I fall asleep scrolling up and down lists of raw documentation anymore. You guys make me a list, and I'll make what changes I can. You won't get a better offer than that for $1.29 at your local McDonalds!
Basically, his idea was simple -- Add an optional parameter to CLS so you don't have to change _DEST when using it.
And hey, let's be honest, that's a GREAT idea!! But, let's take it a step further: How many times have you wished you could just do a simple PSET (x, y), color, optional_imagehandle? Set a color of a pixel on an image, without having to alter source and dest to do so!
And how many other commands are there that could benefit from this type improvement? Off the top of my head, I can think of:
CLS ,background, imagehandle
PSET (x, y), color, imagehandle
LINE (x, y) - (x,y), color, BF, imagehandle
CIRCLE (though I'm too lazy to look up all its syntax), imagehandle
Now, here's my question for you guys, and here's where you can help with some easy development tasks: Give me a list of any and all other commands which could benefit from this simple optional parameter addition. A change like this won't affect existing code at all. Your old stuff won't break. All it'll do is allow a little more flexibility to be added to new stuff, and make it just a little simpler to code things in the future. And, honestly, making such changes is more or less a trivial matter which even someone like myself can push into the repo with just a few hours work and a couple lines of code.
Wrack your brain and help list what needs this style improvement. Heck, if you're brain damaged like me, yet have a ton of free time, pop over to the wiki and scroll down the command list and see what it seems like an optional parameter could help improve.
List those ideas here, and I'll see about taking a little free time this week and next weekend, and making the changes for us and push them into the repo for folks to enjoy in future versions of QB64PE. I'm getting older, and my eyes go all crosseyed and I fall asleep scrolling up and down lists of raw documentation anymore. You guys make me a list, and I'll make what changes I can. You won't get a better offer than that for $1.29 at your local McDonalds!
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