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Post #AbboYvih1BSBy8U7jk by [email protected] |
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so given that my "write a bison/flex parser for a flag DSL" project h… |
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Post #AbboYywH396Fx7rVp2 by [email protected] |
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it's surprisingly simple. You've got a Command, which is one of the fol… |
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Post #Abbp0GbXTfs2YnAqPY by [email protected] |
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they mostly have simple fixed lengths. like Rectangle is followed by two Points… |
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Post #Abbp0JOt5AX7EQHHbk by [email protected] |
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the only tricky ones are the Polygon ones, which take a color and then a list o… |
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Post #Abbp0KCA7xwrhFKdPc by [email protected] |
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and then the file will need a metadata section. Basically just a couple of key-… |
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Post #AbbpfiuX8k76DvpIp6 by [email protected] |
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maybe just make new commands for that? like TEXT_LAYOUT/TEXT_SIZE commands that… |
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Post #AbbpfldH1N5cfGm3pw by [email protected] |
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This'd let me write a simpler parser that runs on modern systems and compil… |
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Post #AbbpfmP89RN33hAHQm by [email protected] |
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this also uplifts some of the "tricky bits" to the bytecode compiler:… |
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Post #AbbpfnAzHVeTS7YV1c by [email protected] |
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The way it works is that you're picking a side (left in this case, so the x… |
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Post #AbbpfnwqPZvtqXwicS by [email protected] |
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this makes sense when a human is writing flag definitions:You're saying &qu… |
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Post #Abbpfoj3WKUuG4VDlY by [email protected] |
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but in the bytecode, none of that matters. it can just hardcode (0,120), becaus… |
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Post #AbbpfpUueOmKeUtRMO by [email protected] |
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and when I eventually build SVGAPride or something, I'll be able to reproce… |
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Post #AbbpfqGPnmmB1p7NOy by [email protected] |
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even though the "future" I'm talking about is like 1988. |
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Post #AbbrXPmOaMfuTsBaV6 by [email protected] |
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@foone and give up the potential for infinitely-sided polygons? 😂 |
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Post #AbbrXPqeKY4sh4Az8C by [email protected] |
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@atrus you wanna try to render that in a 640x480 at 16 color display?! |
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Post #Abbs00afJjmGkvKks4 by [email protected] |
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this kind of decoupling will also make it easier to experiment with more smarts… |
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Post #Abbs03q1F6qEpPXYie by [email protected] |
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how many stripes? the compiler can count. How wide are the stripes? the screen … |
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Post #Abbs04caKXgpG2GLQ0 by [email protected] |
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this division also makes it easier to do, like, symbolic naming. So the above c… |
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Post #Abbv73r9s9jym66QnA by [email protected] |
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@foone You seem to be trying to reinvent SVG. Would you like some help with tha… |
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Post #Abbv73vPcL8wzI5pQG by [email protected] |
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@cliffordheath yeah I need SVG but optimized for size (I need my whole program … |
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Post #AbbzfiLCG4DrzuvrYO by [email protected] |
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@foone I implemented basically that, in 1994 as part of OpenUI, which ran (e.g.… |
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Post #AbbzfiPS0FcqD6vGBU by [email protected] |
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@cliffordheath very cool! right now I'm just hardcoding it as C++ source, b… |
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Post #Abe0odZJrJnI4cHCxk by [email protected] |
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@foone recommend taking the color first in all commands.Also, do you have "… |
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Post #Abe0odcre8d6Fbw2UK by [email protected] |
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@StompyRobot color first makes sense.As for fill/stroke, I handled that by havi… |
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@foone how do you plan to handle palette? Renderer allocates them on the fly ea… |
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Post #Abe1aP0fIA2gosqMAy by [email protected] |
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@dryak yeah. The existing code pre-allocates black (because this is for a CRT, … |
