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by BruceSteers
Tuesday 31st January 2023 5:23pm
Forum: General
Topic: way off topic
Replies: 9
Views: 2408

Re: way off topic

I get a few results from apt... apt-cache search "development environment" I recall once looking around and trying some but couldn't find anything as wonderful as gambas. The fact a lot of the gambas IDE and it's components are written in gambas is amazing to me. It makes the whole environ...
by BruceSteers
Tuesday 31st January 2023 2:42am
Forum: General
Topic: way off topic
Replies: 9
Views: 2408

Re: way off topic

i have considered that but they will not know what the gambas IDE is or anything about it. But IDE stands for " I ntegrated D evelopment E nvironment". That is what gambas is and what you are looking for but with C, I think they will understand you if you say a C IDE. I just think you'll ...
by BruceSteers
Monday 30th January 2023 10:36pm
Forum: General
Topic: way off topic
Replies: 9
Views: 2408

Re: way off topic

Perhaps you should ask about it on a forum made for c programmers?

Then your post wouldn't be way off topic and you could post it in a general questions area and not an off topic area. Oh wait..

🤔
😉 Haha
Just joking
by BruceSteers
Monday 30th January 2023 3:29pm
Forum: Project showcase
Topic: mpris media controller (WIP)
Replies: 11
Views: 10977

Re: mpris media controller (WIP)

Okay , updates... I figured out Volume , also how to set LoopStatus and Shuffle Added a signal watcher that detects DBus MPRIS events like Volume/Position changes so updates instantly. (Seems there is no way to tell what program sent the signal so on getting notification it checks all controllers) I...
by BruceSteers
Sunday 29th January 2023 7:36pm
Forum: General
Topic: Group
Replies: 5
Views: 1884

Re: Group

It seems okay now on my machine
by BruceSteers
Sunday 29th January 2023 5:00pm
Forum: Project showcase
Topic: mpris media controller (WIP)
Replies: 11
Views: 10977

mpris media controller (WIP)

I've been making a new thing that some of you may find interesting or even useful. it's a DBus mpris.MediaPlayer2 controller. What i have so far.. The program opens a tray icon on launch. Right clicking the icon shows the menus. A menu is created for any found controlable DBus mpris players (things ...
by BruceSteers
Sunday 29th January 2023 3:21pm
Forum: General
Topic: Timer Stalling
Replies: 4
Views: 2281

Re: Timer Stalling

Have you looked into Task.class? https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/comp/gb/task You can use a Task to run the method at a low priority so it does not effect the timer updates. a Task runs as a separate process/program , within the Task code you can set Application.Priority (0 = normal, 20 = lowest, -20 hi...
by BruceSteers
Friday 27th January 2023 6:27pm
Forum: General
Topic: Group
Replies: 5
Views: 1884

Re: Group

cogier wrote: Friday 27th January 2023 3:39pm I have upped the font size and tried all I can to enter text, but my system won't let me. I have had to hack the .form file and add it in there.
Hmm I had not seen this error unless a small font size but now i do.

Maybe some gtk update has caused it?

It works okay with the IDE running QT
by BruceSteers
Friday 27th January 2023 2:09pm
Forum: General
Topic: Embedded forms - accessing procedures on parent forms
Replies: 3
Views: 1527

Re: Embedded forms - accessing procedures on parent forms

Thank you Bruce for such a simple solution. Sadly I did not know about this, which would have saved me lots of somewhat ugly workarounds in the past. I work mainly with sqlite databases, and the reason I like embedded subforms is that they enable me to encapsulate and localize code for viewing and ...
by BruceSteers
Friday 27th January 2023 1:56pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Homework question
Replies: 13
Views: 4567

Re: Homework question

Thank you so much! Yes, I'm new to Gambas. I'm going to add the born-date, month and current-date (or the date they want the data for) in a Form and print it in a text area. Ill post updates when I'm done. Thank you guys so much! Well welcome to the wonderful world of gambas basic. Have a good read...