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- Short: Easy gfx for the PCQ compiler (update & bugfix)
- Uploader: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
- Author: thor@einstein.math.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Richter)
- Type: dev/misc
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- The Windowlib is a link module for use with the fine PD PCQ pascal compiler.
- It provides useful functions to do graphics with this compiler,
- together with some intuition support (menus & gadgets). This is mostly
- maintained for the beginner in Pascal, to have nice graphics without much
- efford, and can be (and has been) used to teach pascal.
-
- Together with the library itself and one include file which defines all its
- functions, several examples have been included to demonstrate the functions.
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- This package has been inspired by the graphics functions of the Atari XL
- basic and later on the GFABASIC (which used the syntax and the functions of
- the XL basic version). The gap that most pascal compilers do not come with
- graphic functions has been filled by this, giving higher attractivity to
- start with this language rather than with the (UGLY) basic.
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- Most of these examples has been worked out to teach pascal to my neighbor,
- Ernst Besser, who is a teacher in arts. Since the usual pascal teach program
- (calculate the area of an rectangle) is quite boring, I started this project,
- resulting in a higher motivation for learning a computer language. After
- all, I think pascal should be the first language to start with, although
- I'm not a fan of (it's to "german" compared to C.... :-).
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- This is version 2.00 of the windowlib. It is not only a bugfixed release -
- the old version failed to link on most machines because I used a patched
- version of the PCQ.lib and forgot to include it in the contribution - it
- is also a great enhancement compared to the 1.xx version. New in this
- distribution is a complete sprite (both, real sprites and "bobs") support,
- together with mechanisms to generate animations easely, as well as
- joystick support. More examples are included as well.
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- Usage:
- Unpack this archive.
-
- Read the guide and follow the installation steps
- given there.
-
- Thomas Richter, July 1997
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