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It's a key with fn on it.
If you have a keyboard with a numeric Keypad, it's located in the block of keys above the cursor keys. If you have a wireless keyboard without numeric keypad, it's at the bottom left.

wilbert,

I'm sorry that I was so unobservant. I tried it and it works wonderfully ...

wilbert wrote:On a iMac, the F1 key is used to decrease the brightness of the screen.
To let PB think you pressed the F1 key, keep the [ fn ] key pressed while you press [ F1 ] .

wilbert,

What is the [fn] key?

Jim Adrian

I am leaning PureBasic on an iMac. A friend who has PureBasic running on a PC told me how to get an explanation of commands highlighted or in color in the source code by pressing F1 and clicking on the highlighted command. It does not work on my computer.

Is there an analogous help procedure for ...

Yeah, PB remembers the last files (*.pb) you had open. If you move those you will get that message. I just keep all my *.pb files in a folder called "PureBasic" within the "Documents" folder.

If you don't want PB to load previous files, just close them out before closing PB. Or uncheck "Auto ...

I get this error message whenever I start PureBasic:

Cannot load Source code!

The notice names the path (writes it under the error message quoted above).

I fix the problem by placing the folder of source codes back where I had it before. Here is my problem:

Why can't I start PureBasic without it ...

Works here. PB on OS X does have some bugs but it looks like Fred is either going to fix some before the next release or maybe he's just waiting to release the next version for Mac which uses Cocoa instead of Carbon. I was able to put a "bug-less" app on the Mac App Store and getting ready for my ...

Version 10.7 of OS X has come out for iMac computers and I might buy it. I am told by Apple Care that not all software that runs on 10.6 will run on 10.7, so does PureBasic run on 10.7?

Thank you for your help.

James Adrian
jim@futurebeacon.com

I am looking at this chart:

http://purebasic.com/documentation/reference/variables.html

I'm noticing that they designated ".i" for both the 32bit integer and the 64bit integer. Is this a mistake?

I would like to do calculations with unsigned numbers to form long addresses.

How does one specify ...

So what you want is to create your own programming language ?
I have no idea how to create something like that :shock:
I suggest this topic to be moved to the 'Coding Questions' forum as it is not OS X specific.
In the coding questions forum you probably will get more answers.

wilbert,

I do not ...

Maybe I misunderstand, but I think he's talking about
domain-specific languages (DSL). Meaning we make a
preprocessor, which is actually a small compiler, that
translates a DSL into PureBasic.

Why not. PB is not what I'd target but some people
might find it interesting to do.

Here is the start ...

I took a long time to find and select this language and package. PureBasic has an amazing array of advantages and options (optional object-oriented methods, insertion of assembly language, and more). I wonder if yet another area of functionality would be of interest to any of you:

The BASIC ...

Hi James,

In the IDE, go to Preferences, under 'Editor' click 'Editing', then click the 'Select Font' button. A little window will pop-up with the fonts listed along with the sizes available, when done with your selection just use the 'red close button' (seems odd not to have a 'done' button but ...

Hi James,

In the IDE, go to Preferences, under 'Editor' click 'Editing', then click the 'Select Font' button. A little window will pop-up with the fonts listed along with the sizes available, when done with your selection just use the 'red close button' (seems odd not to have a 'done' button but ...

The IDE lets you change the font and size starting with version 4.60. There have been some reports of fonts appearing oddly at larger sizes (I can't find the thread right now).

WilliamL,

Thank you for this message. I have version 4.60. I have not yet discovered how to change the font size. Do ...

I bought PureBasic quite a while ago. I find it difficult to use because I cannot adjust the size of the type face that I see when I try to write code. It is not big enough. Is anybody working on this? Is there a setting in the new version that I am not aware of?

Thank you for your help.

Jim ...