I figured out how to improve the vga font using xbrz 2x scaler.

Does DrawString support transparency using alpha mode?

I have some vga 8x16 fonts, that I want to convert to drawstring fonts.

I can convert them easy enough to bitmap fonts.

They will need to be anti-aliased, and then converted to drawstring fonts.

Any idea how I can anti-alias them, and then convert them to drawstring fonts?

I am wanting to use either a hq2x OR xbrz GLSL shader in freebasic.

The best I can figure out is to maybe use opengl.

Does anyone have any code examples to use a shader in freebasic?

If one doubles the resolution, what happens to the relative size of the mouse cursor?

I was going the .bi files, and found readlink function. #LANG "fblite" #include "file.bi" #include "dir.bi" #include "crt/linux/unistd.bi" DECLARE FUNCTION GetRealink$(FilePath$) PRINT "Get real path of /lib/libm.so.6" DirName$ = GetRealink$("/l...

How do I detect if a file is symbolic link?

Can you detect a symbolic link using DIR()?

How do I install freebasic in ubuntu xenial?

I have checked the forum and all the post is rather old.

What I need to know about is the dependences.

I am talking about the gcc runtime library, not the freebasic runtime. There are several programs in linux that uses lots of string compares, and string functions. Examples of these are bash, awk, sed, and python. Inline assembly for string operations are about 10 to 20 times faster, than regular c ...

I am thinking about using assembly in the gcc internal libray to speed up gcc output binaries. It seems to me that all the internal library is done in c code, and none in assembly. I found out, in speeding up RadioTelephone Tutor, I had to redo the most simple routines in assembly. And example of th...

Linux program for VRC-1100 remote controls. Should work for other mce remotes. But not tested on any other remotes. Makes it so the device driver is automatically gotten. Replaces old keynames with new keynames. Shells out to ir-keytable to make this work. #LANG "fblite" #include "dir...

At first I thought the ubuntu version of xchm could not do context help. After 10 to 30 attempts, I got xchm to work. Here is the deal, you need quotes around the chm file location. Won't work without the quotes. In "context action" put: xchm "file:/home/username/freebasic/FB-manual-1...

It's tricky to get the "context action" to work.

I thought, that kchmviewer is the best chm viewer.

But now, it crashes on me, and it crashes every time I try to use it.

I guess I will have to try to get xchm to work instead.

I did some googling, and found that, you can use geany with kchmviewer to get context help. Go to Edit, Preferences, Tools, Context Action. Set it to "kchmviewer --sindex %s /chm-path" Go to Edit, Preferences, Keybindings, go to edit section, "Context Action", press "Change ...

I am a newbie at using freebasic in linux.

What is the best linux freebasic IDE ?

Looking for one that you can pull up the help section by pressing F1 .

Since the problem only occurs in windowed mode, here is the full mode & window mode code. The code works perfectly in full screen mode. WindowTitle "RadioTelephone Tutor" IF FullScreen% = 1 THEN SCREENRES 640,480,32,,&H01 OR AltEnter& OR GFX_HIGH_PRIORITY VideoPtr = SCREENPTR I...

The program is 4992 lines long.

I have tried shorter code. Been unable to reproduce problem in shorter code.

Problem only appears in windowed mode.

The mouse only acts wacky in windowed mode.

I am looking for tips and tricks for getting it to work in FBC 1.05