Ponter's & Writer's Toolkit from Jochen Merz

[RalfR]

Does anyone know if the pointer commands in "Pointer's & Writer's Toolkit" also work under SMSQ/E?

There are some that save windows, query the pointer, etc.

I would be interested to know.

(Yes, I have the program too...I just don't remember where. )

[desin]

Hello Ralf

here is my version 2.13 in .img format

ptkwtk.zip

(135.48 KiB) Downloaded 257 times

works under smsqe in Mode 4/8 512x256

Greetings from Switzerland
Markus

[RalfR]

works under smsqe in Mode 4/8 512x256

Many thanks!

I have tried it in 640x480, WSAVE, WLOAD and PREAD seem to work, though Jochen's own "OUTLN" is a bit mysterious.
Writer's Toolkit does not work correctly, it writes directly to 131072.

I have assigned the IMG from ram1_ptkwtk_img to flp1_ with FLP_DRIVE after unzipping it. I get the error "not found". Assigning it in the start menu of QPCv5 does work.

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi

I have disassembled the Toolkit with DISA, just got to understand what the code is going.

[RalfR]

"OUTLN" can be a problem (IMHO) because obviously not all "OUTLN" are the same syntax-wise.

For example, in QPC v5, if I enter "OUTLN 512,256" as described in the manual, I get "ERR.BP". "OUTLN 512,256,0,0" however works.

Jochen's "OUTLN" is different again, he uses "OUTLN#chan, 0,0,0,0" before closing a window.

[Derek_Stewart]

Hi,

I used DISA to disassemble Pointer's Toolkit and Writer's Toolkit.

The ouput from the DISA was able to be assembled with QMAC, which ran the demo programme correctly in QPC2 in 512x256 Mode 4.

I will try and add some comments to the assembler source code.

I am trying to make the manual more readable, but the badly scanned PDF file will not OCR, so I have type it into a word processor.

There is also a question of Copyright, which is held by Jochen Merz. If this can be released I will create a Github page for the toolkit.

[RalfR]

=Derek_Stewart post_id=58956 time=1724878277 user_id=76There is also a question of Copyright, which is held by Jochen Merz. If this can be released I will create a Github page for the toolkit.

I'll write him a message and ask him. He has other programs as well.

Edit: Sent!

[RalfR]

Jochen has answered, that he has given all his programs and source codes to Marcel Kilgus and that Marcal can do with it, whatever he may like.

Unfortunately, Marcel does not answer at the moment, so I can't say anything better.

[NormanDunbar]

Some time back, I enquired of Marcel's and his family's health as we hadn't heard from him in a while.

He and they, are well, but Marcel was a tad exhausted, and had other priorities over and above his QL stuff. I have not heard from him, nor bothered him on the matter since. I believe it best to allow him time to recover and rejoin us, as and when he feels up to it.

HTH

Cheers,
Norm.

[RalfR]

Thanks for the info.