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Re: Introducing NoRezFrame 1.0 for GSoft
- Subject: Re: Introducing NoRezFrame 1.0 for GSoft
- From: "Polymorph" <polymorph@a2central.com.remove-132-this>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 20:46:44 +1000
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To: Smohn Jith
Smohn Jith wrote:
First the diatribe:
10 years ago I bought GSoft Basic. It was touted as the greatest thing
to hit the Apple //gs world. It would allow you to do all things you
dreamed of doing, SHR screen, Desktop programs, etc. I found out it was
never going to be a compiled language. On a real //gs it's slow, the
editor is weird, nay ridiculous. Open-Apple-F is for FIND, not delete a
character, no if, ands, or buts about it. I was excited about the
Desktop Examples. Hmmm I can't seem to do anything with them, oh wait,
you need Rez, not included. It's going to be bundled with the never
completed Toolbox Programming Tutorial. Oh yeah, the shell is crippled
too. Great. Fantastic. So it sat and I lost interest...
I drank the beer, bought Opus II and am currently translating Toolbox
Pascal to Gsoft. Disregarding the previous negativity, I will say that
Opus II is WELL worth the money and should be bought by anyone
considering programming the //gs. You should also get the Toolbox
References. (A BIG thank you to Polymorph for StartupTools help!). So
here it is:
NoRezFrame. A resourceless desktop frame program that you can modify!
<snip code>
Glad to see you got it all working!
BTW, you can set the minimum version of a tool set to 0 (zero) if you
don't care what version of the tool set is loaded.
I hope this means that you have re-kindled your desire to start coding
on the IIgs again, and that we can expect more from you in the near
future? :-)
I've never done any GSoft Basic coding, so I might have to give it a
whirl - then again, maybe I should concentrate on finishing projects
I've already started. ;-)
--
Cheers,
Mike
Find my Apple II projects online at:
http://apple2.sytes.net/
"It's my duty; my duty as a complete and utter bastard!" - Rimmer (Red
Dwarf)
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