Category talk:83Plus:Basic:Graphics
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Cleanup
Maybe there should have a template for BASIC commands? All the ones in this category except DrawInv and Pen already follow one, but it might as well be official. IMHO we also need some kind of standard for the arguments. Some use []s around arguments, some use ()s, some just type them out, some are in italics... It would really help to put some kind of order to this and have a guide to reading these on the BASIC page, for example showing that [] is optional, () means it's required, etc. Anyone else have ideas on this?
- A template sounds like a good idea to me. Many of us here aren't big BASIC programmers so we might not be experts on what exactly should go in that template, but if you create it I'd be happy to look it over. --Dan Englender 13:04, 4 September 2006 (PDT)
- OK, I was thinking of something like what was already there for Disp (since I don't know a whole lot about BASIC either). Stupid question, but where should I put the template? burntfuse
- Basic_Template sounds like a good place to me. By the way, ignore me if you've just chosen not to use it, but in case you hadn't discovered it yet, you can use ~~~~ (four tildes) to insert a signature/timestamp without having to type it out yourself. --Dan Englender 20:17, 8 September 2006 (PDT)
- Heh, thanks. I looked through the wiki help but could only find the three tildes. The template's up now. --burntfuse 12:37, 9 September 2006 (PDT)
- Looks good to me, except it's not clear to me what the "Token: 03 81 C6" part is for? Is that the actual value of the token representing that command? If so, I don't think that's anything the most TI-BASIC would need, is it? Perhaps the size of the token (as listed on at least one other BASIC page I saw) would be more useful? Thanks for helping out! --Dan Englender 15:28, 9 September 2006 (PDT)
- You're right, that probably would be more useful to BASIC programmers who want to save space, while the only people who would want to know the actual values of the tokens would be assembly programmers trying to interface with BASIC or something. When I get a chance I'll start converting the existing stuff over to the new template. --burntfuse 14:26, 13 September 2006 (PDT)
- Looks good to me, except it's not clear to me what the "Token: 03 81 C6" part is for? Is that the actual value of the token representing that command? If so, I don't think that's anything the most TI-BASIC would need, is it? Perhaps the size of the token (as listed on at least one other BASIC page I saw) would be more useful? Thanks for helping out! --Dan Englender 15:28, 9 September 2006 (PDT)
- Heh, thanks. I looked through the wiki help but could only find the three tildes. The template's up now. --burntfuse 12:37, 9 September 2006 (PDT)
- Basic_Template sounds like a good place to me. By the way, ignore me if you've just chosen not to use it, but in case you hadn't discovered it yet, you can use ~~~~ (four tildes) to insert a signature/timestamp without having to type it out yourself. --Dan Englender 20:17, 8 September 2006 (PDT)
- OK, I was thinking of something like what was already there for Disp (since I don't know a whole lot about BASIC either). Stupid question, but where should I put the template? burntfuse
