[degacParticipant]

At the moment the solution I could use is to write in MX2 the application as console application, and use BlitzMax+MaxGUI to create the front-end. Not the best solution, but the only one that could work.
I’m using this approach in many applications I wrote in Bmax, as it easy to maintain and make it modular.

In any case I would pay for a Monkey2 GUI module (ala MaxGUI, lightweight and fast!)

[degacParticipant]

Hi
screenshots have different sizes (depending on the source code – see for example StarGate is 966px wide), so I ask if you want a ‘fixed’ size for any pictures taken or not; it will possible (with a graphics program) to resize/scale the image if bigger than 640×480 (for example) or ‘add canvas’ to enlarge it to that size (the original image is not touched, just added ‘space’ around it)

I think a ‘generic’ name like ‘picture.png’ is not a good solution, otherwise I don’t see a reason to put it in the banana.information file as it’s the same for any entry!
It should be better to use something like ‘mx2-name_of_folder.png’ (or monkey2-name_of_source_code.png) as it will be easier to manage/change/update the screenshot in future without errors.
Coding that is not impossible (just check the presence of a .png file starting with mx2-/monkey2- in the folder to load it)
Or it would be faster/better to have a separate folder where to put/read every screenshots – if present (bananas/_screenshot)
Mine are just ideas of course.

ps:

It would be better if the screenshots taken could be used – easily – in future for a gallery on the website/wordpress forum (there’s plenty of plugin for that): so one work today, for more results tomorrow.

(added some images to make it clear)

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   monkey2-stargate.png
   

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   monkey2-gridshooter.png
   

[degacParticipant]

@nerobot

I’m taking ‘screenshot’ (PNG) of the source examples: not really sure they are always in the minimum size of 640×480 pixels, in case I will resize or add canvas

Question: where to send/store that images?

[degacParticipant]

I needed to use updatemx2cc.bat to have something to play with.

BTW, nice examples! it’s quite a full game itself! Very good (and thanks for sharing the code)

surely to add to ‘bananas’

[degacParticipant]

Another thing should use these information for documentation.
For example:
audiotest.monkey2 has no refer (direct) to mojo.audio module (is automatically imported by Using mojo.
At least user can ‘understand’ that the audio functionality are in that specific module/sub-module.

As consequence, the documentation *could* use that tag to link (as example) any source code that refer (directly or not) to the ‘audio’ (this means that even the game could be linked).

[degacParticipant]

OK
the ‘parsing’ will be only during the saving process, in any entry in banana.info isn’t found.

Question:
– what about the picture size?
– do you want to add a ‘category’ or other info-tag?

Monkey

{ "title":"Calculator", "author":"Mark Sibly", "description":"Monkey2 calculator", "picture":"picture.png", "file":"calculator.monkey2" } { "title":"Audio Test", "author":"Mark Sibly", "description":"Monkey2 audio test", "picture":"", "file":"audiotest.monkey2" } { "title":"Commanche Voxel", "author":"GW", "description":"Commanche Voxel for Monkey2 by GW, Original code by Sebastian Macke", "picture":"", "file":"commanche.monkey2" } { "title":"Shoot-out", "author":"Playniax", "description":"MX2 demo by Playniax", "picture":"", "file":"demo.monkey2" }

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{ "title":"Calculator", "author":"Mark Sibly", "description":"Monkey2 calculator", "picture":"picture.png", "file":"calculator.monkey2" } { "title":"Audio Test", "author":"Mark Sibly", "description":"Monkey2 audio test", "picture":"", "file":"audiotest.monkey2" } { "title":"Commanche Voxel", "author":"GW", "description":"Commanche Voxel for Monkey2 by GW, Original code by Sebastian Macke", "picture":"", "file":"commanche.monkey2" } { "title":"Shoot-out", "author":"Playniax", "description":"MX2 demo by Playniax", "picture":"", "file":"demo.monkey2" }

I think there will be some problems if ‘file’ is not unique: demo.monkey2 could be anything (but it is the real source name inside the folder shoot-out.
Same for the example ‘stargate’ (file: ‘main.monkey2’ – so unique!)

[degacParticipant]

@about the banana.info file

A possible solution:
1. define (not as part of the syntax) a sort of ‘keyword’ as #_AUTHOR, #_TITLE, #_WEB, #_ONLINE_DOC etc that the programmer should add (in a rem block for example) to the source code
2. it should be possible to ‘scan’ the code looking for that information
3. store it in an external file

ps:

I would add a ‘class/tag’ item: so it would be easy to show everything is a game, a gfx effect, code about sound etc

[degacParticipant]

Gorilla: I like the name (but I would use for the 3d module!)

Showcase: great idea. Easy to understand (without looking for an ‘example folder!’)
I would use some ‘defaults’ if some information (ie: image, author etc) are not available…

Ted2GO: never understood why call an IDE ‘ted’ (as teddy, a bear???). Adding ‘2 GO’ doesn’t make sense to me.

I would choose Primate (you could read as Prime Mate if Prime was the programming language)
But also Lemur is ‘good’.

[degacParticipant]

Hi

see here http://monkey2.monkey-x.com/forums/topic/request-native-gui-module/

[degacParticipant]

Wow, I like that someone found my concept/idea useful and make it real & working
I will read carefully your code to see your implementation (I still have an ‘old function/type’ style..!)
Hope that this thing will be one day a Monkey2 compiler ‘feature’ as default.

[degacParticipant]

Hi
reading the source of miniz module it seems that it will be possible to write (in memory or on filesystem) a .zip file.
std.zipfile has only functions to ‘read’ data from a .zip unfortunately: it seems a ‘not completed’ work.

I tried to use miniz & some info taken from internet, but results are not very satisfactory …

[degacParticipant]

Just see it on the Marks’ twitter account.

Honestly, ‘following’ the various source/account (twitter, fb, yt !!) is too much work for me :)!

[degacParticipant]

Nice implementation, very useful!

[degacParticipant]

Ok, as I’m a very lazy person I created this (not full working at the moment) to find what modules should be rebuild because a change in the source code (of a file in them) has happened.

Monkey

''edit: ' 'as exercise I'm trying to write a little thing with this goal: check what module needs to be recompiled. 'The logic of the program should be: '1 * every module as a folder called MODULE_NAME.buildvXXXXX, where MODULE_NAME is the name of the folder TOO. '2 * scan every single module in the 'modules' folder and register the FileTime of the 'buildv/windows_release' folder (see #1) '3 * scan every single other file with .monkey2 extension in that folder: if just one has a more recent timestamps, that module is marked as 'to_be_compiled' '4 * at the end, launch the mx2cc_XXX commands to compile what needed. ' Namespace myapp #Import "<std>" Using std.. Global map_module:=New StringMap<Module> Class Module Field name:String Field path:String Field timestamp:ULong Field rebuild:int Field list_source:StringList 'just for debug Function Store:Module(_path:String,_file:String) Local m:=New Module 'find the timestamp of ' path+module/build xxx /windows_debug/module.a m.name=_file.Slice(0,_file.Find(".")).ToUpper() Local t1:=GetFileTime(_path+"/"+_file+"/windows_debug/"+m.name+".a") Local t2:=GetFileTime(_path+"/"+_file+"/windows_release/"+m.name+".a") m.timestamp=Max(t1,t2)'consider the younger m.path=_path+"/"+_file m.list_source=New StringList 'not really needed... just for debug map_module.Set(m.name,m) ' Print "Module '"+m.name+"' "+m.timestamp Return m End function End Class Function Main() 'scan Modules folder to check the latest 'change' Local path:="E:\monkey2-develop\modules" 'here my MX2 folder ReScan(path)'get the modules Print "Check source in modules scanned..." For Local k:=Eachin map_module.Keys Local v:=map_module.Get(k) If v SourceScan(path+"/"+v.name,v) End if next 'these are the modules that *should* be recompiled For Local k:=Eachin map_module.Keys local v:=map_module.Get(k) If v If v.rebuild<>0 Print v.name+" "+v.rebuild End if Next end Function SourceScan:Int(path:String,v:Module) 'check if exist any file younger than the module build 'it should be possible to add a filter to eliminate files and folder not to be scanned Local dirs:=LoadDir(path) Local codeext:=New String[]("monkey2","c","cpp","h") For Local f:=Eachin dirs For Local exx:=Eachin codeext If ExtractExt(f)="."+exx'monkey2" ' Print "--- ["+f+"]" If GetFileTime(path+"/"+f)>v.timestamp v.list_source.AddLast(f) v.rebuild=True Print "File <"+path+"> <"+f+">" End If End If next If GetFileType(path+"/"+f)=FileType.Directory SourceScan(path+"/"+f,v) Next Return 1 End Function Function ReScan:Int(path:String) Local getfolder:=StripDir(path) getfolder=StripDir(path) 'get the FOLDER NAME path=path.Replace("/","\") Local mname:=GetFolderName(path)+".buildv" Local dirs:=LoadDir(path) For Local f:=Eachin dirs If f.Contains(mname) Print "MODULE BUILD FOLDER <"+f+">" Module.Store(path,f) f="" End if If GetFileType(path+"/"+f)=FileType.Directory ReScan(path+"/"+f) End if next Return 1 End Function

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''edit: ' 'as exercise I'm trying to write a little thing with this goal: check what module needs to be recompiled. 'The logic of the program should be: '1 * every module as a folder called MODULE_NAME.buildvXXXXX, where MODULE_NAME is the name of the folder TOO. '2 * scan every single module in the 'modules' folder and register the FileTime of the 'buildv/windows_release' folder (see #1) '3 * scan every single other file with .monkey2 extension in that folder: if just one has a more recent timestamps, that module is marked as 'to_be_compiled' '4 * at the end, launch the mx2cc_XXX commands to compile what needed. '   Namespace myapp   #Import "<std>" Using std..   Global map_module:=New StringMap<Module> Class Module Field name:String Field path:String Field timestamp:ULong Field rebuild:int Field list_source:StringList 'just for debug Function Store:Module(_path:String,_file:String) Local m:=New Module 'find the timestamp of ' path+module/build xxx /windows_debug/module.a m.name=_file.Slice(0,_file.Find(".")).ToUpper() Local t1:=GetFileTime(_path+"/"+_file+"/windows_debug/"+m.name+".a") Local t2:=GetFileTime(_path+"/"+_file+"/windows_release/"+m.name+".a") m.timestamp=Max(t1,t2)'consider the younger m.path=_path+"/"+_file m.list_source=New StringList 'not really needed... just for debug map_module.Set(m.name,m) ' Print "Module '"+m.name+"' "+m.timestamp Return m End function End Class   Function Main() 'scan Modules folder to check the latest 'change' Local path:="E:\monkey2-develop\modules" 'here my MX2 folder ReScan(path)'get the modules Print "Check source in modules scanned..." For Local k:=Eachin map_module.Keys Local v:=map_module.Get(k) If v SourceScan(path+"/"+v.name,v) End if next 'these are the modules that *should* be recompiled   For Local k:=Eachin map_module.Keys local v:=map_module.Get(k) If v If v.rebuild<>0 Print v.name+" "+v.rebuild End if Next end   Function SourceScan:Int(path:String,v:Module) 'check if exist any file younger than the module build         'it should be possible to add a filter to eliminate files and folder not to be scanned Local dirs:=LoadDir(path) Local codeext:=New String[]("monkey2","c","cpp","h") For Local f:=Eachin dirs For Local exx:=Eachin codeext If ExtractExt(f)="."+exx'monkey2" ' Print "--- ["+f+"]" If GetFileTime(path+"/"+f)>v.timestamp v.list_source.AddLast(f) v.rebuild=True Print "File <"+path+"> <"+f+">" End If End If next If GetFileType(path+"/"+f)=FileType.Directory SourceScan(path+"/"+f,v) Next Return 1 End Function   Function ReScan:Int(path:String) Local getfolder:=StripDir(path) getfolder=StripDir(path) 'get the FOLDER NAME path=path.Replace("/","\") Local mname:=GetFolderName(path)+".buildv"   Local dirs:=LoadDir(path) For Local f:=Eachin dirs If f.Contains(mname) Print "MODULE BUILD FOLDER <"+f+">" Module.Store(path,f) f="" End if If GetFileType(path+"/"+f)=FileType.Directory ReScan(path+"/"+f) End if next Return 1 End Function

SURELY not the best thing written in MX2, but it could be the starting point to integrate this in Ted2/Ted2Go (a specific menu to build MODULES CHANGED
ps: I checked only the folder ‘windows_debug’ and ‘windows_release’ as I’m working on Win.

edit: support for other source file (monkey2, c, cpp, h)

[degacParticipant]

How I can convert a Unix Timestamp (the value returned from GetFileTime() for example) in a ‘human ready thing’?
I tried to toy around with Time Class, tried to convert blitzmax code to MX2, but it seems I can’t convert a Ulong to anything needed in Time.

ps: about the Time Class I suggest
* add some methods to convert from/to timestamp
* make days/months public as anyone should get a ‘local’ (=in their own language) date/time
* add STRFTIME support… it is so useful to get ‘date/time’ in the own/required string format

Unfortunately I get stuck with type conversion between time-class & etc

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