... Yes, JPEG was always an open format. Much more importantly, though, so was PNG, because PNG is able to do the same thing as GIF well: lossless compression...
... Yup, I know the merits of JPG vs GIF. :) I don't necessarily agree that JPG uses more bytes. Depends entirely on the subject matter and what...
cr
cr@...
Mar 2, 2004 7:13 am
13122
Hello from GemmOne... The GIF File Format is mainly used for Web Animation. Normally the Pixel Screen is smaller so GIF can be embedded in Web Banners. So when...
From GemmOne... To add a comment. Flash Media is replacing GIF Animation, because Flash can be Scale up or down without in lost in Contrast. You have to have a...
... Yes, I'd agree with all that. Having said which, JPEG does sometimes surprise me with how good it is at reproducing line work (as in scanned maps). GIF...
cr
cr@...
Mar 2, 2004 9:45 am
13125
Hello All. This GemmOne... I have Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 it supports almost all Image File Types, you can convert one File Format to another. You should be able...
Hi I am getting a runtime error following a function call to KERNAL32. The call is MoveFileA (&Opath$, &Npath$) and when checking the directories, and drives ...
Hi folks I tried to install Xbasic in Windows 2000 but when installed Xbasic appear without buttoms... I tried to change xb.dll to xb.dub but nothing worked......
Re Gif files I think we all have the program "gifview.x" This converts a "gif" file to a "bmp" array And then displays it using XgrSetImage ( grid , @bmp[] ) ...
On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 21:49:31 -0000 "ferrarinicola" ... Let me guess ... you downloaded the ZIP file, and then used an old DOS version of PKZIP to extract it. ...
Greetings Lobster, I downloaded gif.x and gifview awhile ago , I assume I'm able to freely incorporate this into any XBasic [ and other ? ] programs that I...
As part of a sanity check routine for a program I am working on I ran into a problem with the built in floating point types. I've reduced it to simplicity as...
Skywise
skywise711@...
Mar 11, 2004 3:56 am
13137
What you described is caused by the mismatch between binary (the computers math form) and decimal. It is not an xbasic error. All languages suffer the same...
What is the binary representation of 0.1? Any fraction whose denominator is not a factor of a power of the base can't be represented exactly. So, in base 10,...
... <Snipola> OK, I get it. It's because of the way the number is stored. I guess I need to do some googling on floating point numbers. I've been toying around...
Skywise
skywise711@...
Mar 11, 2004 9:49 pm
13140
Hi, I'm new to Xbasic and have been looking into OpenGL... But to make use of it I would really need texture mapping. Actually using the textures in OGL would...
Vic Drastik wrote: <Snipola> ... <Snipola> Thanks for the hints, Vic. It's quite a learning experience for me as I only got to Algebra 2 in high school, many...
Skywise
skywise711@...
Mar 12, 2004 12:31 am
13144
This question is for my adventure in arbitrary precision math. Xbasic can do base conversion within its working range, but say I've got a string of 10,000...
Skywise
skywise711@...
Mar 12, 2004 12:45 am
13145
... Attached is a zipped file containing an OpenGL texture demo for XBLite. You will need to make a few minor changes to get it to work under XBasic, but it...
... Depends on: 1. definition of "efficient" ;] 2. to some extent, from where you got those small numbers ;/ If you already have a package that does...
Richard Owlett
rowlett@...
Mar 12, 2004 3:32 am
13147
... Can't find WEB links. But, I found some relevant references in FORTH implementation of the routines. [ You say "What's FORTH?" A good description/history...
Richard Owlett
rowlett@...
Mar 12, 2004 4:24 am
13148
... From: "Skywise" <skywise711@...> To: "XBasic" <xbasic@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 11:44 AM Subject: [xbasic] Base Conversion ...
