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Calculator Community => Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas => TI-Nspire => Topic started by: BrownyTCat on May 13, 2011, 09:44:14 pm

Title: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: BrownyTCat on May 13, 2011, 09:44:14 pm
I'm working on a shell, probably in C, less likely in ARM since I have no idea how to use it. I still need help with setting up graphics and making a text-drawing system. I'd rather someone contribute to these than give me too complex a set of instructions so I can put your name in the credits once I get that far. I still have to decide a name.

These are my candidates thus far:


Proton
Conch
Drawing-Board
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: ruler501 on May 13, 2011, 09:58:36 pm
What would this shell do?
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: BrownyTCat on May 13, 2011, 10:06:04 pm
What would this shell do?
Launch programs and perform basic tasks.
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: ruler501 on May 13, 2011, 10:07:10 pm
I like proton as a name. You might want to set up a poll for that.
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on May 13, 2011, 10:10:12 pm
It would be nice, but make sure the interface is very user-friendly, to convince people to run their games from the shell rather from the documents screen.
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: BrownyTCat on May 13, 2011, 10:10:50 pm
It would be nice, but make sure the interface is very user-friendly, to convince people to run their games from the shell rather from the documents screen.
I planned on that, the only problem is how finicky ndless C is.
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: ralphdspam on May 13, 2011, 11:42:10 pm
Sounds great! 
I like proton as a name. You might want to set up a poll for that.
I second that statement.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: Silver Shadow on May 14, 2011, 03:10:33 am
Or maybe to stay in the mood of starting Ndless program names with an N, call it NanoCS or something?
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: Lionel Debroux on May 14, 2011, 03:36:23 am
Isn't there any terminal emulator with framebuffer output that could, with some effort (possibly not as much for the graphics part as for the keyboard handling and underlying system API, e.g. the POSIX layer that we don't have entirely), be ported to the Nspire ?
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: BrownyTCat on May 14, 2011, 01:26:34 pm
I just need some .c and .h files to draw sprites and text, with documentations.
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: dman2073 on May 14, 2011, 02:05:57 pm
Possible names: Ncapsule, Ncase, Nclose
Ny thoughts?
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: compu on May 14, 2011, 02:23:09 pm
I just need some .c and .h files to draw sprites and text, with documentations.
This might be useful for you:
http://nspforge.unsads.com/p/nspireio (http://nspforge.unsads.com/p/nspireio)
Text Input/Output + documentated header files.

And a function for drawing sprites can be found here (http://ourl.ca/4852).
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: ruler501 on May 14, 2011, 02:24:47 pm
I still ike Proton but if you want it to start with an N Ncapsulate would be my favorite.
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: BrownyTCat on May 15, 2011, 07:58:35 pm
I just need some .c and .h files to draw sprites and text, with documentations.
This might be useful for you:
http://nspforge.unsads.com/p/nspireio (http://nspforge.unsads.com/p/nspireio)
Text Input/Output + documentated header files.

And a function for drawing sprites can be found here (http://ourl.ca/4852).
Oh my god, THANK YOU. I can get the project started!

Names:
*Proton
*Ncapsulate

Pick one!
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: Ashbad on May 15, 2011, 08:17:54 pm
Proton
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: ruler501 on May 15, 2011, 08:25:04 pm
Of those two Proton is the one  i like more

I think it should be encapsulate though to stay with the starting with n pattern
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: BrownyTCat on May 15, 2011, 08:26:14 pm
Of those two Proton is the one  i like more

I think it should be encapsulate though to stay with the starting with n pattern

Why didn't I think of this. ProtoN
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: ruler501 on May 15, 2011, 08:33:05 pm
I still think Ncapsulate because it starts with an N
Title: Re: A shell for ndless-enabled nSpires
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on June 06, 2011, 08:34:08 pm
Ncapsulate seems good.