A few changes are planned for Chipmunk Basic 3.6.3 or later. Chipmunk Basic will save random file data in network byte order, even when run on Intel CPU's...
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ptr_kelley
Aug 19, 2006 10:38 pm
I am returning to progamming after 30 or so years of not working with it. I remember much of it surprisingly. While I realize that this IS a users group what...
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PBK
ptr_kelley
Aug 19, 2006 11:05 pm
My apologies ... I probably should have added the fact that I am on a blue and White G3 using OS 10.3.9 MstrPBK St. Paul, MN...
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enanti_odromia
Aug 20, 2006 9:25 am
... 10.3.9 ... Hi MstrPBK, your message is the first since I don't know when... the last must have been many weeks ago. What are you trying to achieve with...
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PBK
ptr_kelley
Aug 29, 2006 6:18 pm
I, for some reason, must to have missed your response or else I would have responded sooner. My apologies. My first priority is to learn or re-learn the uses...
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bb1982@...
Sep 14, 2006 12:14 am
I used chipmunk basic very successfully for years with a mac using a 7 system Now i have an iMac using OSX and have downloaded chipmunk 3,6.1 and it is sitting...
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killer_of_angels
killer_of_an...
Sep 18, 2006 12:47 am
It runs fine fine on my system (10.4) and every version of OS X since the origional. Maybe you downloaded the source code? If nothing else, just run your...
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gschnaubelt
Sep 25, 2006 2:45 am
I have now finished my research, and am busy with the last draft of my dissertation. I would like to include the author of Chipmunk Basic in the...
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polyman71
Oct 12, 2006 7:17 pm
I have the following line in a program I wrote for the OS9 CB: 60 open "SFGetFile" for input as #fnum When I try to run this program in the OSX version 3.6.1 I...
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MstrPBK
ptr_kelley
Oct 13, 2006 12:14 am
There is another Error in the program structure of Chipmunk too. When re-running program code FOR/NEXT loops do not clear out and revert to Nil. This flaw has...
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rhnlogic
Oct 20, 2006 6:05 pm
Please put complete details of any bugs found (version number, OS platform, short snippet of example code, expected behavior of the example code, etc.) if you...
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rhnlogic
Oct 21, 2006 2:00 am
... syntax error in this line which ... names that start with "fn" are for def fn functions....
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Jim DeVona
jd_anoved
Oct 23, 2006 11:05 pm
Hi, I'm just writing to let Ron (and anyone else who may be interested) know that after a long and inadvertent hiatus I've finally restored my HTML version of...
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polyman71
Oct 26, 2006 12:52 pm
When did this change? Is it documented some place? I am just trying to get up to speed on this so don't take this as a critisim. CB has been _very_ useful...
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rustybtrains
Oct 26, 2006 4:57 pm
Hello fellow members: Has anyone used Chipmunk Basic with a PC or Mac to communicate with CMRI serial cards and model railroad layouts? CMRI stands for...
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Attila Tozser
csory1968
Nov 15, 2006 5:07 pm
Just met the following problem: latest CB release (12/21/2005 Carbon) has a "preferred window size" pref value which must be changed to let graphics routines...
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hotpaw2
Nov 19, 2006 12:12 am
New Chipmunk Basic version 3.6.2 b9 for Mac OS X, both GUI app & Terminal tools for both Intel & PPC, are now available on the Chipmunk Basic website: ...
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enanti_odromia
Nov 19, 2006 9:43 am
Hi Mr. Nicholson, thanks a lot for the new version. Unfortunately, I cannot mount the image on Mac OS X 10.2.8. The system complains that the dmg file did not...
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hotpaw2
Nov 19, 2006 11:13 am
Uploaded a new .dmg.gz file of Chipmunk Basic 3.6.2b9, with the disk image created under MacOS X 10.2.8, just to be on the safe side. Hope that helps. ... ...
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charles.trois
Nov 19, 2006 3:01 pm
I am writing a small program, the main part of which is this: action$ = "remplir(); amorcer(); terminer(); jouer(); ; exit" item$ = " Remplir; Amorcer;...
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enanti_odromia
Nov 19, 2006 5:15 pm
Ok, after a restart, the new Chipmunk Basic Interpreter launches. Thanks a lot for all the work you have put into Chipmunk Basic! Is there any chance you can...
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enanti_odromia
Nov 19, 2006 5:15 pm
The dmg image now mounts, thanks. The Chipmunk Basic Interpreter (GUI version, PPC), however, cannot be launched unter Mac OS X 10.2.8. I know this behavior...
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Jim DeVona
jd_anoved
Nov 19, 2006 5:29 pm
Hello, Charles. I think you were almost there. I tried your example and wrote subroutines that both change item$ and restate the menu command - and it appears...
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Jeff Avery
jeffz8user
Nov 19, 2006 10:07 pm
Hi, Jim. Good answer. I have not tried menus before but I ran your code and it worked fine. Charles may find it useful to set up each part of item$ as a...
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hotpaw2
Nov 19, 2006 10:56 pm
Try these commands: macfunction ("putPref";, "gwindow.w.max", "2048") : rem width macfunction ("putPref";, "gwindow.h.max", "2048") : rem height Restart Chipmunk...
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Attila Tozser
csory1968
Nov 21, 2006 11:30 am
This solved my problem also. Now I can draw to horizontal coordinates below the 1024 limit. The "mac specials" part of the manual should be read as...
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charles.trois
Nov 21, 2006 3:24 pm
... Hello Jim and Jeff! Very neat. I had overlooked the possibility of calling "menu 4" within the subroutine, and that was the solution. Many thanks to both...
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joseph123wilson
Nov 24, 2006 10:37 pm
Is there a converse function to: Re: A$ = macfunction("getclipstr") :' get clipboard text something like: macfunction("putclipstr",A$) I have not been able to...
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Jim DeVona
jd_anoved
Nov 25, 2006 3:38 am
... I believe there is - or was. It's called "putstr2clip", and there is reference to it as a "call"able function in older documentation at ...
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Jim DeVona
jd_anoved
Nov 25, 2006 4:12 am
Hi again. Here is another way to set the clipboard from within Chipmunk Basic (on Mac OS X). You can use a pipe to the pbcopy command line tool to save a...
