[video] QB64 v2 - Quick Help Reference

[FellippeHeitor]

You know, when you're typing and you forget how many arguments, a certain statement has? QB64 v2 has you covered.

[johnno56]

The extra info in the status display is a great idea... Nicely done!

[FellippeHeitor]

Thanks, johnno56!

[bplus]

First thing I tried for Quick reference was _PutImage, nothing, others worked like _SetAlpha.

[FellippeHeitor]

PutImage is perfectly valid without parameters. Quick reference shows up when Syntax Errors halt compilation.

[SMcNeill]

PutImage is perfectly valid without parameters. Quick reference shows up when Syntax Errors halt compilation.

So try _PUTIMAGE a$ <-- that should toss an error and pop-up the syntax for you.  ;)

[FellippeHeitor]

Yeah, that’ll do 🤗

[Dav]

These short informative clips are a good idea to help people get started with QB64.  Good job, as always.

- Dav

[FellippeHeitor]

Thank you, Dav!

[Pete]

I had to play it a couple of times, due to the speed of the presentation, but then again, we are "Quick"64 so I guess it's up to me to catch up.

I have to admit, I probably would not have known about these new additions, if I hadn't viewed this video. I tend not to focus much at anything not in the coding area.

One suggestion: Make the "View on Wiki" hyperlink change color for .3 seconds, so it confirms the user's click. The first time I tried this, I opened 6 wiki pages, because it didn't seem to accept the click. Of course, it was just the lag, which is to be expected.

Al in all, really, really nice IDE additions for ease of reference!

Pete 👏

[TempodiBasic]

very smart feature that to suggest syntax during the typing of code for Keywords

I got this strange segnalation of VWATCH SUB!

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[FellippeHeitor]

When you use $debug, a Sub vWatch is appended to your program. When you don’t use $Debug, an empty Sub vWatch is added to your program, so you cannot create one yourself (which would prevent you from using actual $Debug later on).

[TempodiBasic]

Thanks  Fellippe
it is clear now why parser points to a VWATCH sub that I haven't created and I'm using QB64IDE with no debug option activated!