Postby Derek_Stewart :-Nice attempt, you certainly can programme in QPTR really well.
Thanks for the encouragement. Although I write abstract programs for test purposes, having a goal to aim for, such as a word game, is a good way to develop programming skills.
I like your idea of a guessing game based on dictionary definitions. My next project is to write such a game.
In my Qwordle game I store the words in a string. Is there a limit to the length of a string in Qlib BASIC?
Is there a limit to the size of a matrix (as in DIM)? (free memory maybe)
I have a long term project on the go, and that is to produce a "noobs" manual for using SMSQE and programming in BASIC.
It is such a huge project that I am not certain I shall succeed, but it will be written for my setups (SMSQE based) not for QL users.
mk79 wrote that people other than QL users have shown a passing interest in QL/E. I imagine that those type of people would be best served by using QPC (or Q68, and I do know you have difficulties with that project) together with a ready made environment. Without a comprehensive manual I think most people would find SMSQE quite difficult to use.
I,after more than a year fiddling around, and with the benefit of SMS2 and the SMS2 manual, am only just beginning to understand the system.
The Q68 in a keyboard, like the Pi400, would make a very good system for noobs but I am aware of your Q68 production difficulties. Maybe you can convince Peter Graf to release his QZero design because it would be easier to manufacture and place on a carrier board in a keyboard case.
His fear of being exposed to EU production legislation (and other exposures) are, I think, capable of being allayed fairly easily.
In any event, who is going to care if a very small number of hobby systems are manufactured without CE stickers. I can't say I have seen one on a Q68. Nor do the BBC micro:bit or Picaxe boards have one.
