Code Examples

[Darrel Taylor]

I've been thinking. (ow, that hurt's)

It seems like the idea is to have a list of all the GOOD stuff from the forum, Shown in a place that somehow makes it easier to find what you're looking for. There really IS a lot of good stuff here, and most of it just get's lost thru the time and menutia.

The prospect of "sanitizing" everyone's posts and presenting a pristeen place to view "only working code", was a little more than I could fathom.

But maybe there's another possibility, and still retain some of the "Voting" idea already proposed.

Although for a different reason, I recently created a list of Examples of Clock/Timer routines ....
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/show...2&postcount=18

I think the same format could be used in a "group" of list's to refer to examples on just about any topic.

But here's the problem.... I need your help.
There's no way I'm going back through the last 36,500 posts to try to find the good one's. Or even catagorize them once found.

This is where the voting comes in.
I'm not sure what's the best way to do it. But maybe we just have a separate thread where you can put your recommendations. (or maybe just this thread). And then I can maintain the list's as necessary.

I'm sure you've come across some real Gem's as you've perused the forum.
Maybe you can point out those Gem's, and make it easier for other's to find, by determining what catagory of problems it solved.

But back to that "I need your help" part.
I don't know what the catagories are. I don't know what the Subjects are, or even if Subjects are the same thing as Catagories

So it'll take some real work on your part too.

Does this make any sense ??

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[T.Jackson]

That sounds like something worth considering. An "Ultimate Resource" thread that's specifically dedicated to known good & working snippets. This is in fact one of the biggest attraction with sites like Planet Source Code. An overwhelmingly huge archive where something on almost anything can be found.

[Darrel Taylor]

Oh my!

Case in point, someone just replied to a thread from over a year ago...

• Playstation gamepad interface code? (sayzer)
  http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=18649

I've never seen that before.
This stuff needs to be in an index somewhere, or something.

[sayzer]

Oh my!

Case in point, someone just replied to a thread from over a year ago...

• Playstation gamepad interface code? (sayzer)
  http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=18649

I've never seen that before.
This stuff needs to be in an index somewhere, or something.

Hi Darrel,

I did not get your point.

Could you be more specific please?

Thanks

[T.Jackson]

I think what Darrel is trying to say is that there's some relatively good threads backlogged that may be of some considerable interest to others.

[Darrel Taylor]

Sayzer,

It's just that everything seems to gets lost in the forum.

Over a year ago, you posted a complete woking program in the PicBasic Pro furum that interfaces to a Playstation Gamepad.

Maybe I was playing Half-Life that day and didn't see it get posted. As time goes on and more threads gets posted. The example just gets buried deeper and deeper.

I had actually never seen it untill someone else posted a reply to it.

And in the same manner, my proposal for a way around the problem is also getting buried. It's up in post #14.

There's got to be a better way.

.

[mackrackit]

Darrel,

Is there a way to rig the forum so if a thread receives 10? 5 star ratings it would automatically be moved to... "THIS PLACE HAS GOOD STUFF".