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Question: Does the Tesla Model S tempt you?
Asked by PinkAsso (208.64.185.x) on August 9 2013, 1:08pm
Reply on August 9 2013, 1:38pm:

It probably would if I wanted to have a car... Comment...

Question: Speaking of AC/Heat Pumps, etc., have you ever considered applying your problem solving skills to non-programming domains? Couldn't you be just as creative and expressive with innovative solutions outside of code? Your brain/capability is clearly above average and not limited to programming.
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on August 8 2013, 6:49pm
Reply on August 9 2013, 1:39pm:

I like physical stuff too, I'm just a bit too crap at it. Comment...

Question: Any witchcraft to deal CL display on ancient editors (vi/emacs), I use them when I travel light. WDL has mixed line feeds and looks messy. I'm skeptical about dos2unix; at the moment I have a meta-function to hide them. Do you think there is a better way?
Asked by gio (94.66.16.x) on August 8 2013, 7:19am
Reply on August 8 2013, 1:52pm:

Yeah, we need to fix this in WDL (sorry) -- in our repositories it is almost all DOS CRLF, but I think the way we merge changes in might cause that to fail in the public repos. I suppose every time we apply a patch to the public repos we could have it make everything just LF, that would probably be a good thing. Comment...

Question: Next big consumer technology? On the same level as smart phones 8 years ago.
Asked by mick (203.45.73.x) on August 8 2013, 5:02am
Reply on August 8 2013, 1:52pm:

No idea. I want big improvements in air conditioning/heat pumps and water purification, though. Comment...

Question: I can see item label height (bit.ly/13AWn6z) is somehow tied to mediaitem_font from ColorTheme but I just can't crack how you calculate it. Care to share the secret? And sorry for a sudden flood of questions :)
Asked by Martin (93.139.55.x) on August 5 2013, 7:29pm
Reply on August 5 2013, 7:46pm (edited at August 5 2013, 7:47pm):

int texth = abs(colortheme->mediaitem_font.lfHeight)*11/8;
if (laneh < 16) texth-=2;

Comment...

Question: any idea why when I call _LICE::LICE_DashedLine(pGraphics->GetDrawBitmap(), 474, 120, 511, 120, 2, 2, LICE_RGBA(255,255,255,255));, with valid args/area causes an access violation in _LICE_MakePixelNoClamp? only tried on OSX
Asked by olilarkin (81.100.230.x) on August 5 2013, 4:28pm
Reply on August 5 2013, 7:42pm (edited at August 7 2013, 8:40am):

What's the bitmap size? Can you tell which call in DashedLine() is executing it? Probably an error with the clip logic... (edit: sorted via email, thanks Oli! Fix coming soon in public licereposit) Comment...

Question: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nco7qfrPG7I beginning would be good for one of your coffee/tea making videos :)
Asked by Will (70.173.150.x) on August 5 2013, 7:23am
Reply on August 5 2013, 7:38pm:

Heh yeah but I always use my own crap =) Comment...

Question: Thanks for the answer - I guess it's kinda touchy to expose something like that. Whatever you decide, no hurry here, feature is far from complete :) And not to break the rules and satisfy my curiosity: How do you draw play cursor these days? Google revealed that in far 2006 you used DrawFocusRect.
Asked by Martin (78.0.209.x) on August 3 2013, 4:58pm
Reply on August 5 2013, 7:38pm:

It renders it offscreen and BitBlts it... No longer using DrawFocusRect() Comment...

Question: Using BitBlt to transfer some LICE stuff to arrange and everything works great except when playing a project. Play cursor invalidates stuff I passed, but everything else is preserved. Like this: bit.ly/12NbkUy Any suggestion on how to overcome this? Thanks!
Asked by Martin (78.0.209.x) on August 3 2013, 1:55am
Reply on August 3 2013, 4:04pm:

Hmm yeah we'd need a way to hook the drawing process, maybe I should add that. Unsure if it's something we want to really support, though. Comment...

Question: I'd rather have a WDL/resampler LGPL with an exception for static linking. does such decision defeat the purpose of LGPL in the first place?
Asked by gio (94.66.56.x) on August 1 2013, 5:25pm
Reply on August 3 2013, 4:04pm:

I'd really want to make sure if someone improves the resampler, we get the changes too... Comment...

Question: have you thought instead of % for cpu usage in REAPER to adapt a unix like style? 0.5 for 50%, 1.0 for 100% (one core) 2.0 for 100% (two cores), etc. do you see any benefit in it? personally i like it a lot better.
Asked by gio (79.131.40.x) on August 1 2013, 5:00pm
Reply on August 3 2013, 4:03pm:

As an option, maybe, but meh in general ;) Comment...

Question: hey man, reaper-dev-day is inaccurate. dev days don't match with running time by a factor of 2 days or something; it can get even worst than that. e.g. in 1460 years the offset will be 365 days. Are we going to get a patch for the inevitable? dammit, leap years. :)
Asked by gio (2.87.7.x) on August 1 2013, 12:38am
Reply on August 3 2013, 4:03pm:

Haha I knew someone would complain eventually... Comment...

Question: Are you good at geometry?
Asked by ees. (69.15.110.x) on July 31 2013, 1:11pm
Reply on July 31 2013, 9:17pm:

I was in highschool Comment...

Question: why people hate COM?
Asked by ruchira (61.245.172.x) on July 30 2013, 1:40pm
Reply on July 31 2013, 9:18pm:

Because it is ugly? Comment...

Question: What are the DPS (plug-ins) and Plug-in format REAPER can use?
Asked by Sean (173.124.11.x) on July 27 2013, 3:08pm
Reply on July 31 2013, 9:18pm:

DSP? VST[i], AU[i], and DX[i], as well as JSFX. Comment...

Question: You to use this player, is made in China��en.ttplayer.com/‎
Asked by cool dose (85.49.234.x) on July 26 2013, 9:51pm
Reply on July 31 2013, 9:18pm:

Whaa Comment...

Question: Futurama or Simpsons? :D
Asked by EvilDragon (88.207.108.x) on July 25 2013, 6:02pm
Reply on July 31 2013, 9:18pm:

Simpsons Comment...

Question: PCRE or POSIX regexps?
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on July 23 2013, 9:26pm
Reply on July 24 2013, 8:54pm:

Usually just mess around until I get something to work on either side.. I think I'd lean towards PCRE, but not strongly. Comment...

Question: On your two javascript canvas demos, how do you pick those colors that blend so well together? The two look like different palettes.
Asked by John (70.173.150.x) on July 21 2013, 3:37am
Reply on July 21 2013, 7:23pm:

It's just combining R/G/B based on position... Comment...

Question: What are your thoughts on supporting XP? PHP 5.5 scraps support for XP, while many people still use it in production!
Asked by Will (24.234.85.x) on July 20 2013, 1:06am
Reply on July 20 2013, 3:59pm:

Hah, well I wouldn't really care about PHP on XP (I don't host webshit on Windows), but my main recording laptop runs XP (quite well at that!). Comment...

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