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Many thanks!

Bitblazer wrote:Seems you refer to windows API calls.

Running on a Mac, so not sure that's gonna work.

Thanks all the same, though!

TI-994A wrote:

Desert Polar Bear wrote:...some kind of Mac magic behind the curtains?

These might be of interest:

> MacOS Carbon APIs

> MacOS Cocoa APIs

Sakes! I've stepped in it now. Gonna have to put on my thinking cap for this stuff. Many thanks!

Demivec wrote:Define all variables, both numeric and string, within a structure.

Very cool. I have no experience with the Structure command, so I'm looking forward to learning more about it. Thanks!

Short version: Trying to replicate three old 8-bit computer commands in a console program running on a Mac, so I can't cheat with DLLs, but maybe some kind of Mac magic behind the curtains?

1) BEEP. I accidentally found the command NSBeep_() in some source code on a forum message. It works, but I ...

StarWarsFan wrote:^^^Cool, how did you do that animation?

Snagit video capture saved as gif.

Not sure if this helps, but the number I'm getting fluctuates between 9 and 10 on a mid-2015 MacBook Pro 2.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 running Catalina.

I'm very new here as well. I found this post extremely helpful.
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=64684

I'm not sure if this is any help at all, but running this on a Mac shows a rapidly flickering red bar with very smooth blue text. The gif below doesn't capture just how fast the red bar is flickering. I suspect it's a timing issue with the video capture software.

https://i.postimg.cc/dQN1Z8DX ...

Interesting. I can understand the mouse up issue easily enough, but timing is less obvious to me. Curious.

I'm just thrilled it's behaving better now, but I would eventually enjoy learning more about the IDE source. I'm an intermediate programmer at best, so it will be a while before I can dive in ...

Sakes. That was a bit condescending, mk.

Sure, I can delete the prefs and start over. That wasn't the point of my message. I was merely trying to share the steps I experienced in attempting to replicate the condition.

No good deed goes unpunished, eh?

The fact that the tabs sometimes get stuck on the mouse when moving them has improved. This only occurs under macOS and I had completely forgotten about it. I wanted to have a look at it.
I managed to get the tabs to stop "sticking" to the mouse. Although I'm not entirely sure how. I'm not sure if ...

deseven wrote:Please try doing that:

That did the trick. I thought I had already tried that, but I think I was also issue an automatic "clear" command in a second console. Once I shut that off too it worked fine.

Many thanks!

sh = RunProgram("sh","","",#PB_Program_Open|#PB_Program_Write)
WriteProgramString(sh,"killall Terminal")
WriteProgramData(sh,#PB_Program_Eof,0)
CloseProgram(sh)
That looks like what I'm used to, thanks. And you're right, it is a bit overkill. Now, if I could just figure out how to keep Mac ...

Thanks for the confirmation @deseven!

Frankly, I consider myself very lucky to have any decent option for a proper BASIC programming language in 2021 for the Mac at all. After all, Mac holds a fractional market share compared to Windows and BASIC is considered by many to be a dead language after ...