Some syntax heritance from Blitz2 could be comfortable

[Psychophanta]

BB2 had some comfortable things about Structures:
If for example we have a structure like this:

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Structure .masa ;<- masa is a new defined type, so then dot prefix.
 x.f:y
 xa:ya  ;<- all these fields are .f until is defined a new one
 r         ;<- float    
 px:py  ;<- float
 masa.l  ;<- long
 mx:my  ;<-long too
 fx.f:fy
EndStructure

After that structure definition:

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NewList p.masa()

and then we must to write p()\ as prefix whenever we need to access to some if the element fields; BB2 has a command called PATH p() to allow to write only \ as prefix for the fields access;
for example: Path p():\r=4:\fx-\masa ...

In BB2 you can do:

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PATH p()
\xa=\x,\y ;<- comma allows assignation to consecutive fields

I forgot...
Most calculators and BB2 allow t.f=.345; why PB demands a 0 before the dot?

[tinman]

The command was UsePath, but the command UseLastPath also now exists to go back to the previous path without having to explicitly code it. Useful when used inside "library" procedures.

[Psychophanta]

Yes it is UsePath.
And of course, UseLastPath should be useful too.

I guess Fred is now very busy with Linux version, and he has no time to listen us.

I hope single-buffer and triple-buffer for Sprite-Screen library to be implemented soon too.