http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/ Chipmunk Basic Forum - Discussions about Chipmunk Basic Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:53:51 GMT jeffonymail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/974 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/974 The spaces I put around the command were removed after I posted the message which makes the command unclear. The command (without the quotes) is "sound Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:49:06 GMT jeffonymail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/973 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/973 MacBookPro running OSX 10.8.3 and Chipmunk BASIC v3.6.6(b0). In Chipmunk BASIC, if I type in the command sound 880,1,40 or run a program that includes Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:41:59 GMT Nathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/972 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/972 Sorry, folks, found a typo. File opens ok! Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:41:54 GMT Nathan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/971 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/971 Hi. I'm a BASIC programmer from long, long, ago.... Ok, it's been about 35 years since I've tried to write BASIC programs. I'm pretty familiar with BASIC, Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:21:33 GMT rjschmidt@btinternet.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/970 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/970 Mike: Try something like this: 10 open "SFGetFile" for input as #pnum 20 input "Enter the name of the required file: ";b$ This assigns b$ to the file name Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:24:52 GMT polyman71 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/969 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/969 If there is anyone reading this forum.... I am using open "SFGetFile" for input as #pnum to open a file. My program then alters the data and saves a new file Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:18:56 GMT toml_12953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/968 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/968 In the Windows version of CB, MAT READ doesn't seem to work. The following should print the input data as read but you can see the output below: 10 option base Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:22:03 GMT swsaaltink http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/967 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/967 Hi, I d like to ask my students to approach an HP printer directly using PCL (HP) commands and Chipmunk Basic. I v done this before but with another basic Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:42:19 GMT Larr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/966 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/966 And here's a bit of fun for you too (sets your command prompt - best viewed on a Black Terminal background) PS1='\n\[\e[0;36m\]\h \[\e[1;37m\] :: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:43:50 GMT marionbarryuk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/965 Thanks, that is what I was looking for! Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:43:50 GMT jewisonc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/964 In previous my message Line 1004 should read as below, it won't stop the program from working it just corrects the comment. 1004 'bg$ Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:43:50 GMT jewisonc http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/963 I think what he is referring to is shown in the small example program below Now in-order for this to work you need a Mac Teminal console app that can display Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:23:42 GMT Larr http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/962 I used to do this stuff all the time when I was MUCH YOUNGER (I'm now almost 50): Unfortunately, this sort of thing usually required knowledge of the terminal Sun, 11 Nov 2012 14:14:31 GMT jeffonymail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/961 Hi, Pete. After sending my previous reply I realized that a) you said inverse, not italic and b) maybe you meant the ability to draw text on the screen rather Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:54:44 GMT jeffonymail http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/960 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chipmunkbasicforum/message/960 Hi, Pete. Normally we are using ASCII text for which there is no provision for bold or italic. To add bold and italic you need to use some sort of convention