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Posted By PeterK

A new test version 51.4.583 attached on page 1...

A new test version 51.4.583 attached on page 1 (TC020, HB020, FastWB only).

Some small speed improvements 2-8% on chunky screens for icons with 64 colors or more and for WB v44+ only by using the...

Forum: support.AmigaOS

31 March 2024, 15:08

Replies: 27

Views: 1,699

Posted By PeterK

My ADis disassembler code is from AmigaGPT 1.4.4...

My ADis disassembler code is from AmigaGPT 1.4.4 for OS 3.x.

I'm not a C coder and have no experience with GCC, but maybe there is a bug in the compiler, because both tc_SPUpper and tc_SPLower are...

Forum: support.AmigaOS

29 March 2024, 14:25

Replies: 27

Views: 1,699

Posted By PeterK

Exactly as supposed: AmigaGPT divides the stack...

Exactly as supposed: AmigaGPT divides the stack size by 4 with a shift right 2 bits:

...
lab_b8:
move.l $3e(a2),d0 ; 19d0 : 202a 003e
sub.l $3a(a2),d0 ; 19d4 : 90aa 003a stack...

Forum: support.AmigaOS

29 March 2024, 13:30

Replies: 27

Views: 1,699

Posted By PeterK

It's not the problem that AmigaGPT won't get...

It's not the problem that AmigaGPT won't get enough stack with a setting of 32768, it really gets what it needs (you can see that in Scout's tasklist or with other stack monitoring tools). AmigaGPT...

Forum: support.AmigaOS

27 March 2024, 19:35

Replies: 27

Views: 1,699

Posted By PeterK

AmigaGPT seems indeed to have a bug. When reading...

AmigaGPT seems indeed to have a bug. When reading the stack size from its tool icon it divides the size by 4 by mistake! So, for an entry of 32768 it just sees 8192 bytes of stack.

When I tried...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

25 March 2024, 14:21

Replies: 143

A waste of lifetime

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Posted By PeterK

I'm sorry for getting offtopic in parts of my...

I'm sorry for getting offtopic in parts of my statement. I've removed that remark now.

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

24 March 2024, 19:00

Replies: 143

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Posted By PeterK

This bell curve must look pretty high from your...

This bell curve must look pretty high from your position.

Forum: support.AmigaOS

24 March 2024, 18:36

Replies: 27

Views: 1,699

Posted By PeterK

Sorry, it took a little longer to find that case...

Sorry, it took a little longer to find that case in my old emails again where the stack problem occured.

In that case it was not MUI 5 directly, not the tool directly, but it was caused by the...

Forum: support.AmigaOS

24 March 2024, 13:45

Replies: 27

Views: 1,699

Posted By PeterK

I've tried out Scout yesterday, a system...

I've tried out Scout yesterday, a system information tool. Scout also has a stack setting of 32768 in its tool icon, and that stack size really appears in the task list of Scout, too. So, I think...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

24 March 2024, 13:32

Replies: 143

A waste of lifetime

Views: 8,035

Posted By PeterK

No thanks, but I don't want to watch a video of...

No thanks, but I don't want to watch a video of the German ARD or ZDF, the public German state television, ... removed a part of my statement, because it was a political experience and thus offtopic...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

23 March 2024, 18:57

Replies: 143

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Views: 8,035

Posted By PeterK

Yes, you're right, the information that you have...

Yes, you're right, the information that you have is always based on perceptions and will never give you a completely objective image of the world outside, but you can try to verify the correctness of...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

23 March 2024, 14:55

Replies: 143

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Posted By PeterK

Yes, I've read that and indeed I'm a bit like Mr....

Yes, I've read that and indeed I'm a bit like Mr. Spock when I say that I don't like to have emotions. I can understand and accept your oppinion, but it won't change the point of view in my mind.

...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

22 March 2024, 22:09

Replies: 143

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Posted By PeterK

Thanks Amiga1992, but my coding was never...

Thanks Amiga1992, but my coding was never something like "work" for me, it was the best way to kill some time in all these years, because I didn't want to waste my time by watching stupid TV programs.

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

22 March 2024, 21:49

Replies: 143

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Posted By PeterK

Yes, I know that "Life of Brian", have seen that...

Yes, I know that "Life of Brian", have seen that more than once with my friends in the cinema, one of the very few movies that I liked to see, another one was "The sense of life", and that brings us...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

22 March 2024, 01:34

Replies: 143

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Views: 8,035

Posted By PeterK

No, I'm not suffering from a lack of mental...

No, I'm not suffering from a lack of mental health, I was just physically ill already since 1998 (I'm still sick now), and I have gone through hell in the last 25 years, close to death for for...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

21 March 2024, 15:14

Replies: 143

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Posted By PeterK

Drinking my wine and listening to Blues music...

Drinking my wine and listening to Blues music every night is definitly not a waste of time for me. It's one of the few things that I still like in this world. Ok, in the past when I was younger and...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

21 March 2024, 01:44

Replies: 143

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Posted By PeterK

also @Zak I'm not sure what you really want to...

also @Zak
I'm not sure what you really want to tell me, but I don't have any depressions, I just try to see my life and this world as realistic as possible, I'm not in a midlife crisis, I'm already...

Forum: Coders. System

20 March 2024, 14:23

Replies: 4,364

Views: 1,036,556

Posted By PeterK

Yes, that's a similar tool as AutoUpdateWB, which...

Yes, that's a similar tool as AutoUpdateWB, which I always use, but it's not doing the same as RefreshIcons. Remapping all icons after a screenmode change is automatically done by the Workbench on...

Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion

20 March 2024, 01:33

Replies: 143

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Posted By PeterK

You can not waste your time, you can only try to...

You can not waste your time, you can only try to kill your time until you're dead, because life and the whole world, no, not only this world, but every possible world that I can imagine, even the...

Forum: support.Apps

20 March 2024, 00:10

Replies: 13

Views: 718

Posted By PeterK

Os 3.1 has an old IconEdit which can only handle...

Os 3.1 has an old IconEdit which can only handle planar images, no ColorIcons, no TrueColor icons. You have to install my icon.library on OS 3.5, 3.9 or 3.2.1+ if you want to load DualPNG icons into...

Forum: support.Apps

19 March 2024, 10:01

Replies: 13

Views: 718

Posted By PeterK

Now I guess that you are still using the OS 3.2.x...

Now I guess that you are still using the OS 3.2.x icon.library v47.x and not my icon.library as a replacement. Because in that case the IconEdit can load only one PNG picture by decoding it with the...

Forum: support.Apps

18 March 2024, 21:47

Replies: 13

Views: 718

Posted By PeterK

No, you first have to join both PNG images...

No, you first have to join both PNG images together to one file and then rename that file by using .info as extension. Both PNG images must have exactly the same size, which can't be larger than...

Forum: support.Apps

18 March 2024, 21:18

Replies: 13

Views: 718

Posted By PeterK

My icon.library will support image sizes up to...

My icon.library will support image sizes up to 256x256 only, because that is also the limitation for the OS 3.5 ColorIcons, there is only 1 byte for width-1 and and 1 byte for height-1. Yes, PNG...

Forum: support.Apps

18 March 2024, 20:04

Replies: 13

Views: 718

Posted By PeterK

Of course, it works with the new IconEdit, but as...

Of course, it works with the new IconEdit, but as already said, it has only one edit window and you have to select the image from the menu "Images" -> "Currently Editing" -> "Classic Normal=1",...

Forum: Coders. System

18 March 2024, 19:25

Replies: 4,364

Views: 1,036,556

Posted By PeterK

If you don't like to install the NewIcons patch...

If you don't like to install the NewIcons patch for getting transparency then you could alternatively also try Birdie or Birdie2000 with the options NOICONBORDER and FLOODMASKMWB instead of NewIcons....

Forum: support.Apps

18 March 2024, 17:29

Replies: 13

Views: 718

Posted By PeterK

I don't know which icon format and quality you...

I don't know which icon format and quality you finally want to use. The IconEdit programs of OS 3.1, 3.1.4 and 3.2.0 are all too old to load DualPNG info files. But you can do that with the IconEdit...

Forum: Coders. System

18 March 2024, 16:49

Replies: 4,364

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Posted By PeterK

After checking the WB structures on v39 and doing...

After checking the WB structures on v39 and doing some tests without getting any Enforcer hits, I decided to support Workbench 3.0 and 3.1 with RefreshIcons v1.3 now, on WB v44-v45 the access to...

Forum: Coders. System

17 March 2024, 21:36

Replies: 4,364

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Posted By PeterK

Another update for my WB 3.1 RefreshIcons tool to...

Another update for my WB 3.1 RefreshIcons tool to v1.2.

It has support now for the 68000 CPU and drawer icons which have open windows are updated as well as all hidden icons in "Silent Drawers"...

Forum: Coders. System

15 March 2024, 13:54

Replies: 4,364

Views: 1,036,556

Posted By PeterK

No, the icon.library on the HAM8 ADF is an old...

No, the icon.library on the HAM8 ADF is an old version #513. The latest update in my Aminet package is #566, but it's not 100 % bug free (I think there was something wrong under DOpus5, can't...

Forum: Coders. System

15 March 2024, 13:24

Replies: 4,364

Views: 1,036,556

Posted By PeterK

I don't know which version of icon.library you...

I don't know which version of icon.library you are referring to?

Most likely you have forgotten to run the NewIcons patch from your startup-sequence, because that is responsible for the...

Forum: Coders. System

14 March 2024, 16:42

Replies: 4,364

Views: 1,036,556

Posted By PeterK

Great :great Thank you for starting to design...

Great :great Thank you for starting to design another nice icon set, Pixie! I've added it to my collection, but I prefer to use it without activating that scanline filter in WinUAE. ;)
...

Forum: Coders. System

26 February 2024, 00:07

Replies: 4,364

Views: 1,036,556

Posted By PeterK

An update for my WB 3.1 RefreshIcons tool (from...

An update for my WB 3.1 RefreshIcons tool (from post #4348). This tool now won't add a shortcut key <DEL> to the WB menu item "Update all" anymore and the code should be a bit safer and...

Forum: Coders. System

25 February 2024, 23:49

Replies: 31

Views: 1,632

Posted By PeterK

Tried to take all the suggestions for a safer and...

Tried to take all the suggestions for a safer and more system friendly code into account now, and I'm glad that it still works.

incdir "include:"
include...

Forum: Coders. System

24 February 2024, 23:37

Replies: 31

Views: 1,632

Posted By PeterK

The Workbench task belongs to the OS in my eyes...

The Workbench task belongs to the OS in my eyes and it should initialize the WB menus correctly, but ok, now I've learned that I cannot rely on it.

No, it sets it only when the user opens the WB...

Forum: Coders. System

24 February 2024, 21:33

Replies: 31

Views: 1,632

Posted By PeterK

Yes, mi_NextSelect should be changed by Intuition...

Yes, mi_NextSelect should be changed by Intuition when the user selects multiple menu elements, but nevertheless it seems to be wrong initialized by the OS before the very first access to a menu item...

Forum: support.WinUAE

24 February 2024, 15:31

Replies: 5

Remap keys in WinUAE

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Posted By PeterK

I used KeymapEd 1.2 to remap the cursor keys on...

I used KeymapEd 1.2 to remap the cursor keys on the US keymap to the keys "=","[","]"and"'" for my tablet as you can see on my screenshot. The normal characters on these keys are still accessible by...

Forum: Coders. System

24 February 2024, 14:25

Replies: 31

Views: 1,632

Posted By PeterK

Great! :great Thanks a lot for that hint, it did...

Great! :great Thanks a lot for that hint, it did the trick, and it works now with MENUNULL=-1.w instead of NULL=0 as set by the OS (don't ask me why, because NULL selects menu 0, item 0, subitem 0...

Forum: Coders. System

23 February 2024, 16:03

Replies: 31

Views: 1,632

Posted By PeterK

Thank you! I will try to add that the...

Thank you! I will try to add that the IDCMP_GADGETDOWN message after my IDCMP_MENUPICK. Maybe it works then, because there was something missing and I could get out of the lock by pressing the right...

Forum: Coders. System

23 February 2024, 15:57

Replies: 31