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Eeems


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Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:06:30 pm    Post subject:
Currently how big is it without and with the widgets?
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Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:22:55 pm    Post subject:
If I can get ahold of a beta, I will definitely want to write games for this if possible. Even little small ones [ I am good at making games in under 1KB of space Very Happy ]
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Posted: 22 Jan 2010 08:04:49 pm    Post subject:
Eeems wrote:
Currently how big is it without and with the widgets?


The actual code is around 6K at the moment (including the Finder and Settings widgets). The real question you should be asking is how much space does it take up while running... each widget takes up about another 1~2K of RAM during execution.

Generally I've found that it's difficult to run more than 4 or 5 widgets without fearing a crash.

CDI wrote:
If I can get ahold of a beta, I will definitely want to write games for this if possible. Even little small ones [ I am good at making games in under 1KB of space]


I'm still trying to define some good standards for widget code; my current setup is rather complex.

Eeems_ was asking about how it works; let me sort of show you.


Basically, widgets work like this


Code:
:if Ans = 1:Then
://This is where the widget is initialized
:Set Up Toolbar using a routine I provided
:Draw Window using another routine I provided
:Draw any other elements using xLib
:Using a routine I provide, ask to be allocated a Pic#
:Store image to that Pic#
Else

:if Ans = 2:Then
://This is where the actual widget is run. 
://DarkFire will automatically recall the PIC allocated to this widget
://The last keypress within DarkFire is stored to K, unless K = 24 or 26, in which case it remains 0
:While K!= 24 and K!=26
:Widget Code
://Periodically, when the user isn't doing anything, call another routine that runs "background" tasks
:More Widget Code
:End
:Store Pic to allocated PIC#
:Else

:if Ans = 3: Then
:very very very fast code that is periodically executed in the background
:Else

:End:End:End


Widgets can request extra PIC variables, and are responsible for protecting their variables. I want to change the last part, but it takes too much time to swap out common variables and lists all the time.

I might also add icons using the DCS format.... except the codes would have to go at the end of the program, not as a header

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Posted: 22 Jan 2010 08:09:01 pm    Post subject:
That seems straightforward enough. Assuming that you have all those bits in other programs you can RCL into the widget when need-be.
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