Hi all, First off, it is good to see Ruud back in the HUGI compo. Hi Ruud! I just wanted to comment that recently I have revived my compo page: ...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 2, 2002 11:49 pm
1111
Hi all, ... Thanx Ben, nice to be back,,, Have fun coding all. Ruud...
Ruud
dobbelbeker@...
Feb 3, 2002 12:46 pm
1112
On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 04:49:37PM -0700, Ben Lunt wrote: (snip) ... eek... didn't saw that 178 bytes. Just by the score I would say that he isn't a...
Dave Poirier
eks@...
Feb 3, 2002 2:47 pm
1113
Hi all, I read over the rules, but might have missed something about the key input. I did not see anywhere where it said that key input MUST be from 'stdin'. ...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 6, 2002 4:45 am
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... The test suite requires it; modify it and then you can use another input method :-) (as well as any DOS function different than 8). ... I think ESC should...
Hi, IMHO we should leave things as they are, meaning that the input should be from DOS CON, redirectable(which is nescasary for the test-suite), and that any...
Ruud
dobbelbeker@...
Feb 6, 2002 11:32 am
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The non-numeric assignment can be whatever. I asked this question some time ago and that's what I was told anyway. L8r, EKS - Dave Poirier ... -- EKS - Dave...
Dave Poirier
eks@...
Feb 6, 2002 12:35 pm
1117
There is a minor "quirk" within the rules which is not checked by the current test suite. It is related to the details of command line handling. I think that...
Grzegorz Mazur
gbm@...
Feb 6, 2002 3:12 pm
1118
... Which quirk? ... No, it is not necessary (and you wrote 99% of it :-). The test suite starts, reads from stdin the keys for the test case, then hooks INT...
Hi all, (A reply to all in one message. Okay, I'm lazy today:) I agree. I could only save a single byte this way, and who knows, later down the road, my AX...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 6, 2002 6:52 pm
1120
Hi all, First a small comment. The rules state: The following things hold: - the command line starts at DS:0081 hex - there can be space character(s) before...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 7, 2002 7:32 am
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... From: "Ben Lunt" <fys@...> To: "Hugi-compo mailing list" <hugi-compo@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 12:31 AM Subject:...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 7, 2002 7:38 am
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... This can be easily fixed (maybe in the weekend, or if anyone volunteers...). There is another buglet: errors like `textmode not restored on exit' are ...
... Just to make it clear: 0Dh is immediatly after 32 characters for the grid. Right? ... Actually, PSP:[80h] holds the length. ... Really isn't, but in the...
Aleksa Todorovic
alexione@...
Feb 7, 2002 11:08 am
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... From: "Paolo Bonzini" <bonzini@...> To: <hugi-compo@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 3:05 AM Subject: Re: [hugi-compo] command line...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 7, 2002 6:22 pm
1125
... From: "Aleksa Todorovic" <alexione@...> To: <hugi-compo@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:10 AM Subject: Re: [hugi-compo] command...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 7, 2002 6:22 pm
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Hi, ... [80h] is one byte so max command line lenght is 255. The max amount of space is 255-32-1, 1 for 0dh. I think it's right. bye, Ben Not Lunt...
Ben
lud.ben@...
Feb 7, 2002 9:51 pm
1127
... The fact that nobody noticed seems to be a proof of my concept... :) The rules state that there may be several cells of values >4 in the command line, and...
Grzegorz Mazur
gbm@...
Feb 7, 2002 10:08 pm
1128
... I'm against that. Don't change rules during the compo should be the holy rule :) -- Ben Ubik instantané possède tout l'arome du café-filtre fraichement...
Ben
lud.ben@...
Feb 7, 2002 10:23 pm
1129
... Even if it's a byte it can't be longer than 127, unless DOS overwrites your entry with the parameters when the command line is longer. So it would be safe...
Dave Poirier
eks@...
Feb 7, 2002 10:28 pm
1130
... Unless I'm mistaken it was one of the change done to the test suite since at some point it was sending two selected cell. So I guess it's only a matter of...
Dave Poirier
eks@...
Feb 7, 2002 10:29 pm
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... command ... position. ... Oh, we did it several times. Is there any entry consistent with this rule? (this is a question do Adok...)...
Grzegorz Mazur
gbm@...
Feb 7, 2002 10:41 pm
1132
... From: "Dave Poirier" <eks@...> To: <hugi-compo@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [hugi-compo] command...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 8, 2002 4:32 am
1133
... (this is a question do Adok...) Mine is not... Paolo...
Hi Grzegorz! ... Send me a test program, and I'll tell you. Regarding the matter whether the rules should be changed: I guess requirements that aren't checked...
Under which conditions writing in text mode to segment A000h screws up the font? In other words, can I write to that segment after I reset text mode? (yes,...
... Entries that failed up the original test suite don't follow the rule (those that passed might or might not). Mine and Alexione's (as far as I can gather)...
Hi Paolo, I write to segment A000h after resetting to mode 03h. It shouldn't bother a thing. I see no font change in DOS after the exit. Maybe you have...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 8, 2002 11:10 pm
1138
Hi all, In the hcompo16.txt, the following applies: The hexagon whose value is >= 4 is where the cursor is at the beginning. You can assume there is only one...
Ben Lunt
fys@...
Feb 8, 2002 11:10 pm
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Hi Paolo! ... Now I understand. I thought the quirk was about a requirement that wasn't detected by the test suite. I think the test suite has priority over...