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Sperry wrote:

SeptimusHeap wrote:

Sperry wrote:

Do you want me to take a look to see if I can fix it? Imah guhd Panfer Programmuh! 

OK, but this is long:

set num to 297
repeat until <(letter num of (line 5 of file at URL http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/3/feed)>
  change num by 1
change num by -1
set Recent Minifeed Post to (letters 297 - num of file at URL http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/3/feed

(Can someone disable BBCode for this post?)

Could you post the Panther file on the site please? Then its easier for me to take a look and edit.

Izz up. Dev developed.

er, how can he look at the file? he does not have Panther!

sparks wrote:

er, how can he look at the file? he does not have Panther!

What made you think I havn't got Panther? I got it all right!

@Sep: Nothing wrong with it. It works fine 5/5 times for me.

SeptimusHeap wrote:

Idea: Panther needs a TOS.

Panther is free to edit, but must be given credit. I don't want any of those 3 scary mods that just spawned up in the forums (That just steal blocks as their own) stealing Panther blocks.

Well, the ToS says we need to make it open-source, but we can stick the word Panther in a very hard-to-find place or if I get the DLLs to say Panther, that would be best...
Or in the about box we could have a link to the Panther site.

Anyway, I'm mostly done with the block creator, but there's a major problem: the security risk. You can put ANY smalltalk code you want in the block, including unrestricted file I/O, opening an internet browser window, and other nasty stuff. In order to deal with this, I am making a feature that warns you when you open a project if the project has custom blocks. Not some small little warning, a dialog that provides you with all of the custom block codes in one scrollable textbox. You read through the code and then click 'OK'. If you found something nasty, you don't press the green flag.

nXIII - can you add the two <var/list exists?> blocks to the latest image please?
And can you add this to the following instances: (i need it for my Panther Code compiler)

numericConstant: const
    'pi' = const ifTrue: [^ Float pi].
    'e' = const ifTrue: [^ Float e].
    'newline' = const ifTrue: [^ '
'].
    'tab' = const ifTrue: [^ '    ']

AND:

constantNames
    "Answer the names of supported constants"

    ^ #(
        'pi'
        'e'
        'newline'
        'tab')

I've added tab to the list and made it work

markyparky56 wrote:

This compiler is going to be interesting...

Yup, it will be interesting.

It is currently 1s1s at the moment, but it might turn into something like 2s2s later when I add some more functionality to it.

It's coming along brilliantly! (the compiler)

markyparky56 wrote:

nXIII wrote:

SeptimusHeap wrote:

Idea: Panther needs a TOS.

Panther is free to edit, but must be given credit. I don't want any of those 3 scary mods that just spawned up in the forums (That just steal blocks as their own) stealing Panther blocks.

Well, the ToS says we need to make it open-source, but we can stick the word Panther in a very hard-to-find place or if I get the DLLs to say Panther, that would be best...
Or in the about box we could have a link to the Panther site.

Anyway, I'm mostly done with the block creator, but there's a major problem: the security risk. You can put ANY smalltalk code you want in the block, including unrestricted file I/O, opening an internet browser window, and other nasty stuff. In order to deal with this, I am making a feature that warns you when you open a project if the project has custom blocks. Not some small little warning, a dialog that provides you with all of the custom block codes in one scrollable textbox. You read through the code and then click 'OK'. If you found something nasty, you don't press the green flag.

Good idea, does the block creator allow for blocks to be created without typing in smaltalk?

Kind of. You still need to know basic syntax, like putting a . after each line, but a button allows you to insert any block's method. For example you click 'Add a block...'->'pen'->'clear' and it puts 'self clearPenTrails' in.

Sperry wrote:

nXIII - can you add the two <var/list exists?> blocks to the latest image please?
And can you add this to the following instances: (i need it for my Panther Code compiler)

Code:

numericConstant: const
    'pi' = const ifTrue: [^ Float pi].
    'e' = const ifTrue: [^ Float e].
    'newline' = const ifTrue: [^ '
'].
    'tab' = const ifTrue: [^ '    ']

AND:

Code:

constantNames
    "Answer the names of supported constants"

    ^ #(
        'pi'
        'e'
        'newline'
        'tab')

I've added tab to the list and made it work

Why DO you keep calling them instances? 
An instance is an object with a class as its type
A message is the word you are looking for.
___________________________

I am changing the block insertion to surround all blocks in square brackets ('[' and ']') so that you can nest them but there will most likely not be an accidental combination of two messages.

EDIT: nvm, I'm making it put the arguments as ' () '

Last edited by nXIII (2010-04-15 10:51:02)

Sperry wrote:

markyparky56 wrote:

Sperry wrote:

Yup, it will be interesting.

It is currently 1s1s at the moment, but it might turn into something like 2s2s later when I add some more functionality to it.

It's coming along brilliantly! (the compiler)

What will it be able to do? Perform mathmaticaly functions? Search the internet?

It will be able to do stuff like mathmatics, storing info, you know; like c++ but simpler and with less fuinctions etc.
Basicly I want it to be able to make a full on text-based RPG (I'm making one in C++ atm)
then I will move on to make it do graphics

You would either need it to do rendering if you had graphics, or have a load of sprites ready to be used.

That gives me an idea, what about a [Load costume [ ] ] block, like the file blocks, but with grahics, and it saves them to the sprites costumes. (Im not sure if it would work with animated gifs though...)

MathWizz wrote:

markyparky56 wrote:

Sperry wrote:

It will be able to do stuff like mathmatics, storing info, you know; like c++ but simpler and with less fuinctions etc.
Basicly I want it to be able to make a full on text-based RPG (I'm making one in C++ atm)
then I will move on to make it do graphics

You would either need it to do rendering if you had graphics, or have a load of sprites ready to be used.

That gives me an idea, what about a [Load costume [ ] ] block, like the file blocks, but with grahics, and it saves them to the sprites costumes. (Im not sure if it would work with animated gifs though...)

OH! I'll do that!

Plus, while your at it, try making a load sprite block, It might be helpful at some time aswell.

Whens it out?

Block maker demo
(It's not done yet, but these features exist)

Create a block by clicking the 'Add a block' button located in the variables panel.
Enter the name of the block, then choose whether the block is for all sprites, or for the selected sprite only:

NOTE: You can still use a sprite's private block in another sprite by dragging it into that sprite's library icon; it just will not be accessible from those other sprites' viewer panes.

Next, edit the block's spec, type, and code in the block editor dialog:


Adding a Panther block to your custom block
To add a Panther block (one you can find in the viewer pane) to your custom block, first click the 'Add a block...' button below the code editor:

Select the appropriate category, and select the desired block from the popup menu:


Click OK in the block editor dialog. Your custom block is now accessible from the 'variables' category in the viewer pane.


Block Security Warnings
Because custom blocks are written in Smalltalk, they can contain code harmful to your computer. In an attempt to deal with this feature, you are warned when you load a project with custom blocks. The warning contains information about custom blocks, and shows the code of all custom blocks contained in the project.


I am now working on a feature that lets Panther users disable custom blocks (they will not run), accessible from the (to-do) settings menu and the warning dialog.
EDIT: I am actually making the default to not run custom blocks, and the dialog will say 'Custom blocks are currently disabled. Click OK to continue, or click Allow to allow custom blocks to run in this project.'

Last edited by nXIII (2010-04-15 16:00:20)