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Msgboard Chatroom Marathon

January 27, 2002 10:17 PM from

Honestly, I would go to IRC for this kind of stuff, but if any of you have been there recently, everyone seems to be...inactive. Sooooooooo, out of boredom, I'm turning a thread among this msgboard into a chat room, anyone care to join? =P.

It's Sunday night, and I'm bored out of my mind. There's much to do, but I'm too lazy to get around to do it. My boyfriend is busying trying to get Visual Studios to work so I can't talk to him on the phone....and we can't seem to talk over the phone anyways...it'll just be silence mostly.

New Semester started........so anyone alive out there to join Elffie in this chat marathon? =P

Let's try not to let this post hang for over 2 hours, hm? =P

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Reply #8326 May 8, 2003 4:28 PM from

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/me even knows that

Reply #8327 May 9, 2003 2:53 AM from

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Fuzzy Logic knows how to make things red

/me prefers my method of making fuzzy logics bottom red!!!

Reply #8328 May 9, 2003 2:58 AM from

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KarmaGirl - I HAVE MAGICAL POWERS!!!

/me *pout*
/me has detected that JavaBean is being a great big tease!!!
/me votes we strip JavaBean naked, and turn her into a great big raspberry and chocolate ice-cream sunday!!!

Reply #8329 May 9, 2003 3:49 AM from

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KarmaGirl - I HAVE MAGICAL POWERS!!!
feline *pout*

/me briefly flew in rarefied airs!https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?id=146343&BID=WC&page=1 ...and it was good!

Reply #8330 May 9, 2003 3:59 AM from

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Fuzzy Logic knows how to make things red

feline prefers my method of making fuzzy logics bottom red!!!

hehe.... /me knows how to make things READ!

Reply #8331 May 9, 2003 4:02 AM from

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??? What is this.... America AND England sleep at 0100?

Reply #8332 May 9, 2003 4:45 AM from

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Feline:

"MadIce, are you the same MadIce i remember from the SD newsgroups who wrote DX plugin's?"
I am him. I wrote WBamp, DXPlayer and KLPlayer. And I also wrote ObjectMedia.

"if so, i was wondering, on a scale of 1 to 10, how hard is it to write a DX plugin? "
The complexity of writing a DX/OB plugin depends on what you want to write. A command plugin is simple to do. Displaying a counter as text is simpler than writing something that needs to be drawn. A good knowledge of the Windows API helps. Writing stable plugins seems to be a problem for a lot of plugin authors. Debugging a plugin is very, very hard. On a scale of 1 to 10, I think writing a plugin is 7 or higher.

Getting help when writing a plugin can be hard too. Not many coders have written a plugin. So there is no "community" of plugin writers (yet) and coders are often busy creatures and therefore do not have much time on their hands.

There is a C header file and there is a document available describing the plugin interface. You can contact Stardock if you want to get those.

/me kicks his compiler and runs off to buy some more chocolade slagroom vla...

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Reply #8333 May 9, 2003 4:49 AM from

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MadIce kicks his compiler and runs of to buy some more choclade slagroom vla...

/me tackles MadIce before he can retreat......

....but, but... the feline inline and outline plug-ins??????

Reply #8334 May 9, 2003 4:51 AM from

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"MadIce kicks his compiler and runs of to buy some more choclade slagroom vla..."

Buy some for me, too, OK?

Hmmmm...If this works right, I should be able to put a picture in here...

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Reply #8335 May 9, 2003 4:56 AM from

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/me is thinking about that.

It would be great to have a Feline Inline/Outline plugin for CursorXP. But that is very hard to do.

/me could not find a way to press the buttons on the cursors.

Reply #8336 May 9, 2003 5:10 AM from

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"MadIce could not find a way to press the buttons on the cursors."

Maybe you need a dual mouse for the feline inline/outline plugin....

Reply #8337 May 9, 2003 5:29 AM from

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MadIce....It would be great to have a Feline Inline/Outline plugin for CursorXP

I don't know that you really want to CURSE him! Usually a good tickling and an extra feeding of chocolate works for the 'get feline in-line mode' but to be fully operational, we need something much more powerful!
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Reply #8338 May 9, 2003 6:03 AM from

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Good night!

Reply #8339 May 9, 2003 6:55 AM from

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MadIce - I am him. I wrote WBamp, DXPlayer and KLPlayer. And I also wrote ObjectMedia.

/me considers bowing before a master of his art

on reflection, how about i let you help me spank JavaBean for showing off again instead? *giggles*

MadIce - The complexity of writing a DX/OB plugin depends on what you want to write.

/me considers not having this discussion here
then again, it will help raise the social standing of this thread, by showing that we can discuss topics besides chocolate, tickles, and turning programmers into a hunger laser

my initial plan is to have a plugin that simply displays and updates a simple string of text

MadIce - A good knowledge of the Windows API helps.

i was hoping you weren't going to say that

since plan A failed, i am hoping that Qt (a wrapper around quite a lot of windows API's) will handle that well enough for me.

MadIce - Writing stable plugins seems to be a problem for a lot of plugin authors. Debugging a plugin is very, very hard. On a scale of 1 to 10, I think writing a plugin is 7 or higher.

/me considers pointing out that writing stable programs seems to be very hard

the things seem to find the most devious ways of going wrong!

MadIce - Getting help when writing a plugin can be hard too. Not many coders have written a plugin. So there is no "community" of plugin writers (yet) and coders are often busy creatures and therefore do not have much time on their hands.

MadIce - There is a C header file and there is a document available describing the plugin interface. You can contact Stardock if you want to get those.

i sort of noticed the lack of community, but i had hoped i was looking in the wrong place. i found the stardock DX page with the plugin .h and doc file on it, and it had a link to a couple of news groups.

after an initial glance at the newsgroups, they don't seem all that full of plugin authors

i did see your name around a lot which was reassuring

i was to tired last night to look at the doc and .h, but i got the impression it expected you to know something about windows programming.

ah well, not knowing anything about what i am doing when i start is normal

it will make the accomplishment when i get it to work all the greater!

/me finds being an egomaniac a great help at times like this

MadIce kicks his compiler and runs off to buy some more chocolade slagroom vla...

/me wonders what would happen if some naughty individual were to strip GM naked, cover her in lots of chocolate slagroom vla, and leave her lying around where MadIce is bound to find her?

/me feels an experiment coming on

now, how to keep fuzzy off the chocolate long enough for MadIce to reappear...

Reply #8340 May 9, 2003 6:57 AM from

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all right, why has red text suddenly broken???

however, looking on the bright side, this sounds like a reasonable time to try out my new emergency method of contacting stardock support!

feline grabs a couple of soft chocolate spanking paddles and goes looking for JavaBean!

Reply #8341 May 9, 2003 7:01 AM from

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interesting. red text is only broken in some views.

Reply #8342 May 9, 2003 7:03 AM from

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feline wonders what would happen if some naughty individual were to strip GM naked, cover her in lots of chocolate slagroom vla, and leave her lying around where MadIce is bound to find her?

/me reeveluates her concerns over the Feline Inline/Outline plugin for CursorXP......

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Reply #8343 May 9, 2003 7:15 AM from

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"feline wonders what would happen if some naughty individual were to strip GM naked, cover her in lots of chocolate slagroom vla, and leave her lying around where MadIce is bound to find her?"

Don't worry. Coders don't have such fantasies.

/me also thinks that coders can be great liars.

Reply #8344 May 9, 2003 8:29 AM from

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***SPANK***

/me jumps out from behind a bush suddenly catching everyone unawares

Reply #8345 May 9, 2003 8:49 AM from

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my heart!!!!!! ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

btw, what's up with /me not working anymore?

Reply #8346 May 9, 2003 9:27 AM from

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/me has noticed that "/ me" works if you load the page in IE
it only seems to be the skin browser, etc, where the "/ me" doesnt work.

Reply #8347 May 9, 2003 9:40 AM from

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werewolf - my heart!!!!!! ARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

*leonine* puts on the sexy nurses uniform, and makes sure she is showing LOTS of cleavage!
*leonine* rushes forward to give werewolf the kiss of life!
*leonine* is trying to ignore dracoforms suggestions to give werewolf the spank of life!

Reply #8348 May 9, 2003 9:41 AM from

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MadIce - Don't worry. Coders don't have such fantasies.

who said anything about fantasy?
/me was planning on doing this for real!

Reply #8349 May 9, 2003 9:49 AM from

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That was I was afraid of!

/me hides behind a pile of work until this is over.

Reply #8350 May 9, 2003 9:57 AM from

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werewolf has visions of sexy nurse...rises from imminent death...

WHOA!!! CLEAVAGE!!!!!!!!!!!

werewolf passes out again.

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