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CirothUngol
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Re: LBB for Linux and Mac OS?
« Reply #4 on: Feb 17th, 2017, 02:04am » |
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Well, this sounds promising.
If adding the ability to port non-GUI console programs to Linux/MacOS isn't problematic, then I would say it's worth it... but I'm not doing the work. ^_^ I tend to write console programs and love that you've included that natively into LBB.
However, having a simplistic GUI-based LB translator for Linux would be fantastic! Even without DLLs and STYLEBITS, JustBASIC was plenty workable the first few years I used it. If it had a weakness... you worked around it, same as with any language.
I've actually been playing with Ubuntu for the last couple of years, so I think it's wonderful that you're even considering any of this.
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Richard Russell
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Re: LBB for Linux and Mac OS?
« Reply #5 on: Feb 17th, 2017, 4:09pm » |
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on Feb 17th, 2017, 02:04am, CirothUngol wrote:| If adding the ability to port non-GUI console programs to Linux/MacOS isn't problematic, then I would say it's worth it |
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At the moment I can't see it being a high enough priority for me to get around to it. I have been concentrating on porting BBC BASIC to new platforms, like Android and the Raspberry Pi. However that does raise the prospect of LBB (or something very like it) running on your mobile phone. 
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Re: LBB for Linux and Mac OS?
« Reply #6 on: Mar 6th, 2017, 05:37am » |
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Just my 2 cents.
A linux version that supported the normal just basic gui stuf would be highly desired.
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Re: LBB for Linux and Mac OS?
« Reply #7 on: Mar 6th, 2017, 2:10pm » |
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on Mar 6th, 2017, 05:37am, mmiscool wrote:| A linux version that supported the normal just basic gui stuf would be highly desired. |
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I'm sure, but as I've explained previously even the 'Just BASIC' subset of GUI features would be extremely difficult to emulate to a reasonable degree of accuracy. The JB/LB/LBB GUI is a 'thin wrapper' around the Windows GUI so it's by no means simple to reproduce it on another platform.
So it all comes down to how prepared people are to adapt their programs to the inevitable differences and simplifications that an emulated GUI would imply.
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