⚗ Testing: POLYGON macro and support library

[CharlieJV]

Retro BASIC programming, but with a serious twist: macro-programming for code generation.

Woohoo!

https://basicanywheremachine-news.blogspot.com/2023/08/testing-polygon-macro-and-support.html

[johnno56]

Cool... Nicely done!

[CharlieJV]

I've made a few improvements, and I've updated that blog entry accordingly.

[johnno56]

I found an interesting feature of QB's paint command. The "fill" can be textured... Specifying the 8 bit fill pattern like...  tile$ = chr$(n0) + chr$.... chr$(n7) then adding it to the paint command like... paint(x,y), tile$

SCREEN 1
CIRCLE (106, 100), 75, 1
LINE (138, 35)-(288, 165), 1, B
tile$ = chr$(255)+chr$(0)+chr$(255)+chr$(0)+chr$(255)+chr$(0)+chr$(255)+chr$(0)
PAINT (160, 100), tile$

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Would this be useful for BAM and could it be added?

[CharlieJV]

I found an interesting feature of QB's paint command. The "fill" can be textured... Specifying the 8 bit fill pattern like...  tile$ = chr$(n0) + chr$.... chr$(n7) then adding it to the paint command like... paint(x,y), tile$

SCREEN 1
CIRCLE (106, 100), 75, 1
LINE (138, 35)-(288, 165), 1, B
tile$ = chr$(255)+chr$(0)+chr$(255)+chr$(0)+chr$(255)+chr$(0)+chr$(255)+chr$(0)
PAINT (160, 100), tile$

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Would this be useful for BAM and could it be added?

Yeah, I've been eyeballing that for the last 6 months or so, letting the subconscious mind get back to me with an easy way to set that up.

It is a very sweet feature.

[ZXDunny]

Textured fills are the best. You should definitely add them in.

[CharlieJV]

Textured fills are the best. You should definitely add them in.

The hamster in the back of my sponge was subconsciously and quietly spinning away at it.

Now I think I can hear the wheel a squeakin'.

[CharlieJV]

Another animated example: https://www.reddit.com/r/BASICAnywhereMachine/comments/15uyy4p/comment/jx33grb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

[johnno56]

Ho, ho... Now you are showing off!! Very cool indeed! Looking forward to the next hamster-inspired creation!