Out Now - Drag 'N Drop Vol.6 No.2

Drag ’N Drop is a quarterly magazine in PDF, mainly for users of RISC OS on the Raspberry Pi but content will be of interest to all RISC OS 5 users.

2015 kicks off with another exciting issue. This time we have a double helping of Wimps programming, there’s never been a better time get writing that multi-tasking app you’ve dreamed about!

News, Beginner’s Tips, Application Updates

Review – Quizmaster

Wimps Programming – We round off our series on writing a simple desktop calculator.

Why not Basic? – Programming in RiscLua

EasyScroller – No need to click on the scroll arrows with this handy type-in utility

RISC OS Programming in Basic – The series continues developing a PDF-to-text app

Mr Miner – Exciting Repton-style game which runs on the desktop! Full sprites and listings included.

LCD Backpack – We take a closer look at the machine code driving the HTBackPack module

Mr Frog – Our amphibious resident considers branches

Articles are written in an informal style designed to encourage new or returning users and programmers.

Each issue of Drag N Drop costs £3.50 on a pay-as-you go basis when purchased through the Drag N Drop website at http://www.dragdrop.co.uk. You can “try before you buy”: free samples are available for download. You can also purchase it from !Store at a higher price of £4.50 but including the “type in” listings in a ready-to-run format.

If using Netsurf and Paypal to purchase Drag ’N Drop please remember to disable javascript¹ . We also recommend viewing Drag ’N Drop in Ghostscript² rather than !PDF.

¹ Click menu on Netsurf’s Iconbar icon > Choices > Content > Disable JavaScript
² Ghostscript for RISC OS can be downloaded free from http://www.mw-software.com/software/ghostscript/ghostscript.html