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... another update on the progress with DX BBS. Today, I've updated the input routine so that it is now capable of:
1.) input length limitation ( it is not possible to enter more than 'n' characters, halting cursor movement at 'n')
and
2.) a basic mechanism of "hiding" the input instead of echoing it
these two features are implemented in one #Forth word which ( in the example screenshot ) is being called like this:
#16 #1 bbs_input | Stack: ( ulen uhide -- )
so you can enter a max of 16 chars and these will be "hidden". It's a more basic routine similar to "instr()" in #RBBS4. I use the return stack to store the length and hide-flag which works since the loops in the word definition are *not* counted (do..loop). Boy do I feel clever ... heh ... 😇
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... another update on the progress with DX BBS. Today, I've updated the input routine so that it is now capable of:
1.) input length limitation ( it is not possible to enter more than 'n' characters, halting cursor movement at 'n')
and
2.) a basic mechanism of "hiding" the input instead of echoing it
these two features are implemented in one #Forth word which ( in the example screenshot ) is being called like this:
#16 #1 bbs_input | Stack: ( ulen uhide -- )
so you can enter a max of 16 chars and these will be "hidden". It's a more basic routine similar to "instr()" in #RBBS4. I use the return stack to store the length and hide-flag which works since the loops in the word definition are *not* counted (do..loop). Boy do I feel clever ... heh ... 😇
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... another update on the progress with DX BBS. Today, I've updated the input routine so that it is now capable of:
1.) input length limitation ( it is not possible to enter more than 'n' characters, halting cursor movement at 'n')
and
2.) a basic mechanism of "hiding" the input instead of echoing it
these two features are implemented in one #Forth word which ( in the example screenshot ) is being called like this:
#16 #1 bbs_input | Stack: ( ulen uhide -- )
so you can enter a max of 16 chars and these will be "hidden". It's a more basic routine similar to "instr()" in #RBBS4. I use the return stack to store the length and hide-flag which works since the loops in the word definition are *not* counted (do..loop). Boy do I feel clever ... heh ... 😇
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... another update on the progress with DX BBS. Today, I've updated the input routine so that it is now capable of:
1.) input length limitation ( it is not possible to enter more than 'n' characters, halting cursor movement at 'n')
and
2.) a basic mechanism of "hiding" the input instead of echoing it
these two features are implemented in one #Forth word which ( in the example screenshot ) is being called like this:
#16 #1 bbs_input | Stack: ( ulen uhide -- )
so you can enter a max of 16 chars and these will be "hidden". It's a more basic routine similar to "instr()" in #RBBS4. I use the return stack to store the length and hide-flag which works since the loops in the word definition are *not* counted (do..loop). Boy do I feel clever ... heh ... 😇
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... another update on the progress with DX BBS. Today, I've updated the input routine so that it is now capable of:
1.) input length limitation ( it is not possible to enter more than 'n' characters, halting cursor movement at 'n')
and
2.) a basic mechanism of "hiding" the input instead of echoing it
these two features are implemented in one #Forth word which ( in the example screenshot ) is being called like this:
#16 #1 bbs_input | Stack: ( ulen uhide -- )
so you can enter a max of 16 chars and these will be "hidden". It's a more basic routine similar to "instr()" in #RBBS4. I use the return stack to store the length and hide-flag which works since the loops in the word definition are *not* counted (do..loop). Boy do I feel clever ... heh ... 😇