bryan1
Well-Known Member
G'day Guy's,
Over the last few weeks I've been working on a help file so both new and experienced users can reference a help guide without the needing a PC when using the Maximite/Duinomite. At this stage I have done the command set and typing in the command one wants see will open a new page and close the main page so only 1 file is open to reduce the program used. when a user is finished reading the command by pressing 'escape' it will close the file and take you back to the main page.
In the next week I'll get the function set done and I2C,SPI etc as well so it will be a full help file system. As I learn MMBasic more I do want to make inter active pages so new comers can learn in real time to get them upto speed.
Today I have released what I have done so far and 76 individual .bas files are in the 'help' folder. Now all a user has to do is first unzip the folder then place it on the SD card. In order to get the help file open one will need to do :- CHDIR "help" then LOAD "help" followed by RUN "help". If one does type in a wrong command or it goes back to the prompt just type in RUN again and the page will come up then hit escape to get back to the main page.
This help file is totally open source so feel free to edit any page or include new pages but look at the source of some of the files and one will see a 3 line routine that must be included and be sure with the second line the line numbers are correct. The main pagewill need to be updated to include the new page and the command link must be 8 characters or less to work as that is the maximum allowed.
I have requested F1 and F2 be coded in the firmware to open and close the help file so at any time if a user needs help a simple F1 will open the file.
I have put a heap of hours in this week to get the command set finished so I can finally put out the code so it still needs a lot of work but the barebones are there straight out of the latest PDF manual.
Regards Bryan
P.S. 41Kb in notepad in 3 days has been a heap of typing..... Enjoy
View attachment help.zip
Over the last few weeks I've been working on a help file so both new and experienced users can reference a help guide without the needing a PC when using the Maximite/Duinomite. At this stage I have done the command set and typing in the command one wants see will open a new page and close the main page so only 1 file is open to reduce the program used. when a user is finished reading the command by pressing 'escape' it will close the file and take you back to the main page.
In the next week I'll get the function set done and I2C,SPI etc as well so it will be a full help file system. As I learn MMBasic more I do want to make inter active pages so new comers can learn in real time to get them upto speed.
Today I have released what I have done so far and 76 individual .bas files are in the 'help' folder. Now all a user has to do is first unzip the folder then place it on the SD card. In order to get the help file open one will need to do :- CHDIR "help" then LOAD "help" followed by RUN "help". If one does type in a wrong command or it goes back to the prompt just type in RUN again and the page will come up then hit escape to get back to the main page.
This help file is totally open source so feel free to edit any page or include new pages but look at the source of some of the files and one will see a 3 line routine that must be included and be sure with the second line the line numbers are correct. The main pagewill need to be updated to include the new page and the command link must be 8 characters or less to work as that is the maximum allowed.
I have requested F1 and F2 be coded in the firmware to open and close the help file so at any time if a user needs help a simple F1 will open the file.
I have put a heap of hours in this week to get the command set finished so I can finally put out the code so it still needs a lot of work but the barebones are there straight out of the latest PDF manual.
Regards Bryan
P.S. 41Kb in notepad in 3 days has been a heap of typing..... Enjoy
View attachment help.zip