[ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics--you know, 'send'

[Andre Garzia]

Hi Dar,


Thank you, thank you very much for your primer!!!! it's very fun and i 
learned much!!!!! I'll also download the primer primer so that i can 
make primers myself... we could really help the community with 
approaches like this!!!!

Thanks you again for the very good job
Andre


On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 10:30  PM, Dar Scott wrote:

> I very much appreciate advice from folks on the list.  Here is a 
> partial attempt to return the favor.
>
> I am making available to all a stack I call "A Primer on Message 
> Mechanics".  It is an introduction to the use of send, cancel and 
> pendingMessages.
>
> It is a little long, but it does start at basics and builds up from 
> those.  It provides a peek into my style, but I think it is general 
> enough that you can develop your own style.  Thumb through it a few 
> coffee breaks and download breaks and you should get a feel for how to 
> use send.  It does not walk you through building any examples, but it 
> does have lots of examples, each building on concepts from previous 
> pages and previous examples.
>
> It is essentially an 88 page booklet with live examples and demos.
>
> I created this on OS X and checked it out on Windows XP and Mac OS 9.  
> It is designed to be used in the Revolution environment, but I see no 
> reason why a standalone cannot be built from it--I just haven't tried 
> it yet.  I have heard that it crashes on Windows ME, but it seems to 
> work on two other versions of Windows--watch out.  I have no idea how 
> useful this will be to MC folks.
>
> Many of the examples are flashing indicators and some of those use 
> red.  If this might be a health problem for you, send me a note before 
> getting the stack.
>
> If you are new to send and get bogged down, I would appreciate it if 
> you would try to articulate where I lost you--if you have time and 
> feel so inclined.  Sometimes I get to thinking something is obvious 
> and forget all I had to go through to learn it.
>
> If you are an expert in send, please let me know where I have lied.
>
> All, I welcome comment on my style and especially where I have failed 
> to treat the user with respect.  I think there are still many spelling 
> errors and I welcome comments on those.  I welcome comment on any > goof.
>
> I apologize for saying publicly, "It is coming!" and then taking so 
> long to get it out.  I risked it being a little belabored to try to 
> cover all those little preliminary concepts as well as a few advanced 
> 'gotchas'.
>
> You can find "A Primer on Message Mechanics" here:
>
>    <http://www.swcp.com/dsc/revstacks.html>
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Dar Scott
>
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Andre Alves Garzia  2003  BRAZIL
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