Tim, I'm working on putting together patch 5. It will have Charlie's video.asm patch, an evolver bug fix, and the upper/lower case filename fix for Xfractint. Is there anything else that needs to get in? I've switched to a DSL carrier in Illinois, so I'm trying to get it to send email from the Avalon account. If you aren't reading this, I didn't succeed. 8-)) Jonathan
Jonathan wrote:
I'm working on putting together patch 5. It will have Charlie's video.asm patch, an evolver bug fix, and the upper/lower case filename fix for Xfractint. Is there anything else that needs to get in?
I don't have anything. Had a great time in Colorado. Saw lots of relatives at a reunion, and then went camping in Rocky Mountain Park with my wife and two (grown kids). I played with my new toy on the hikes, a GPS receiver. Back at work, the winds of change are blowing. The computer platform used here at NASA/Johnson Space Center for many purposes including designing Shuttle flights has to be upgraded because an IBM AIX operating system upgrade obsoletes the current hardware. As a result, a complete change may be made to the PC/Linux platform. The wheels are turning. I have some time this weekend and will endeavor to complete some long promised packaging of the float-only version. In your other message, what did you mean by: "Once I get a router set up (the first one didn't work)" What is your computer setup? Tim
Tim Wegner wrote:
In your other message, what did you mean by:
"Once I get a router set up (the first one didn't work)" What is your computer setup?
I had purchased a D-link router (DI-714) so I could set up a gateway and then not have to change profiles/settings when changing locations. The router was broken, so I'm sending it back and getting one like the one I have in Iowa (D-link DI-713P). Previously, I needed to change profiles because I was using a modem in Illinois and a router to a DSL modem in Iowa. Otherwise, the system would hang when starting up in Illinois because it was looking for an ethernet connection (internal nic) but not finding one. Currently, the Illinois profile is set up to use dhcp for obtaining an IP. I have static IP's set in Iowa, so I'll have to change profiles when I get back there. With a router I'll be able to use static IP's in both places and the same profile (therefore, won't need to use profiles). Why use static IP's? Because I have two printers on the network and want them at the same IP address all the time. There may be a way around this, but the network is small and static IP's work fine. Jonathan
hi jonathan here's the summary of suggested updates to allow screen scrolling: (i'm sending you those files for update) (sorry, i didn't yet get familiar with that diff stuff) (and even more, i can debug only asm, so i can only hope that C updates will work) ; /* video.asm */ ; /* in proc "setvideomode" label "VESAmode": added "call VESAvirtscan" */ ; /* a new public flag "video_scroll", some internals */ ; /* a new internal setup proc "VESAvirtscan" added */ ; /* a new public proc "void scroll_center(tocol,torow)" */ ; /* a new internal proc "VESAscroll" which does the scrolling then */ ; /* zoom.c */ /* void moveboxf(double dx, double dy) */ ; /* added automatic scrolling of the screen center to follow zoombox */ ; /* externs.h */ ; /* added extern int video_scroll */ ; /* prototyp.h */ ; /* added extern void scroll_center(int, int) */ ; /* prompts2.c */ /* int get_view_params() */ ; /* for videomodes added options "virtual x/y" that change "sx/ydots" */ but this yet didn't get rid of the bug mentioned in patch 15 of v.20.0.0, which allows the user to change sx/ydots in one particular situation: when a diskvideo mode is already selected, hit DELETE to get to the select video mode prompt screen optionally move cursor through entries hit ESCAPE to backout (you can hit TAB now to verify the unexpected mode change) hit V to get to the view window prompt screen now you can change non-disk-video mode's sx/ydots hit ENTER to see the result (you can hit TAB now to verify the sx/ydots change) it's because even when backing out of video mode selection, the videoentry struct is already overwritten (with the mode the cursor was at), but dotmode still equals to 11 (disk-video), so the view window prompt screen allows you to do what you can also get by setting wrong x/y values in the fractint.cfg the problem is in the select_video_mode itself, or it may be caused by calling it always with no-mode-yet value (-1) from fractint.c for now, charlie ______________________________________________________________________ Reklama: Co davaji v TV? http://tv.seznam.cz
Charlie Chernohorsky wrote:
here's the summary of suggested updates to allow screen scrolling: (i'm sending you those files for update) (sorry, i didn't yet get familiar with that diff stuff) (and even more, i can debug only asm, so i can only hope that C updates will work)
They went in with very little fuss. I cleaned up a couple of error messages, nothing serious. Now, the big question. How do I make it work (scroll)?
but this yet didn't get rid of the bug mentioned in patch 15 of v.20.0.0, which allows the user to change sx/ydots in one particular situation:
when a diskvideo mode is already selected, hit DELETE to get to the select video mode prompt screen optionally move cursor through entries hit ESCAPE to backout (you can hit TAB now to verify the unexpected mode change) hit V to get to the view window prompt screen now you can change non-disk-video mode's sx/ydots hit ENTER to see the result (you can hit TAB now to verify the sx/ydots change)
it's because even when backing out of video mode selection, the videoentry struct is already overwritten (with the mode the cursor was at), but dotmode still equals to 11 (disk-video), so the view window prompt screen allows you to do what you can also get by setting wrong x/y values in the fractint.cfg
the problem is in the select_video_mode itself, or it may be caused by calling it always with no-mode-yet value (-1) from fractint.c
That was a long time ago. But, that sounds correct. Jonathan
Jonathan Osuch wrote:
They went in with very little fuss. I cleaned up a couple of error messages, nothing serious. Now, the big question. How do I make it work (scroll)?
(provided that the cleaning of my errors didn't clean the scrolling itself:) when a VESA mode is selected, in view window prompt screen set virtual x/y to more than the screen is, the screen then should look the same, because an automatic centering occurs then, invoke the zoom box (it will be set to the virtual screen size, so:) hit pgup to make it smaller until you can see it then, if zoombox moved, it should scroll to keep it centered if that won't work, please send me the executable file (i can't get it myself) (that zoombox behavior should be yet discussed.. maybe it would be better to set it to the size of screen so it would be visible instantly after invoking it) hoping, charlie ______________________________________________________________________ Reklama: Poctenicko pro kazdy den: http://www.novinky.cz
Charlie Chernohorsky wrote:
(provided that the cleaning of my errors didn't clean the scrolling itself:)
when a VESA mode is selected, in view window prompt screen set virtual x/y to more than the screen is, the screen then should look the same, because an automatic centering occurs
then, invoke the zoom box (it will be set to the virtual screen size, so:) hit pgup to make it smaller until you can see it then, if zoombox moved, it should scroll to keep it centered
It looks no different to me. The image should recalculate after you set the virtual screen size. OTOH, the graphics modes screen and tab screen do not show that the resolution has been changed.
if that won't work, please send me the executable file (i can't get it myself)
No point, since it works the same as the unmodified version. Jonathan
Geesh this list has gotten quiet! I guess those of us in the Northern hemisphere are all on Summer holiday :-) Well, at least one message will be posted in August. I have some time this weekend. I guess I should do the long-promised job of rounding out the complement of files in the last-uploaded Xfractint package. I think we should repackage the developer's release into an official release. I'm sure there is some docs update needed, which I could look into. Tim
Tim Wegner wrote:
Geesh this list has gotten quiet! I guess those of us in the Northern hemisphere are all on Summer holiday :-) Well, at least one message will be posted in August.
Actually, there has been some activity with scrolling large images in private correspondence. I don't know how clean I want this before I put out patch 5. Jonathan
Hi Guys, I've hit a roadblock with WINDOWS FRACTINT. Converting the commands into messages in the big MS loop is extremely difficult. Sorry about the lack of progress. Regards, Paul. ---------------------------------------------------------- Paul de Leeuw Computers Central Coast Australia Email: pdeleeuw@deleeuw.com.au www: <http://www.deleeuw.com.au> ABN 72 360 822 562 ---------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Osuch" <osuchj@avalon.net> To: <fractdev@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: Re: [Fractdev] Next work
Tim Wegner wrote:
Geesh this list has gotten quiet! I guess those of us in the Northern hemisphere are all on Summer holiday :-) Well, at least one message will be posted in August.
Actually, there has been some activity with scrolling large images in private correspondence. I don't know how clean I want this before I put out patch 5.
Jonathan
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