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Desktop development and not a flat pack in sight

Posted by Steve Revill Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:49:00 GMT

If you missed October’s London Show you may also have missed the release of DDE28 too.

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Get your hands on the definitive BBC BASIC reference

Posted by Steve Revill Sat, 04 Nov 2017 11:17:00 GMT

Launched at the London 2017 show, ROOL are now shipping from stock a fully revised edition of the BBC BASIC Reference Manual for anybody who wasn’t able to make it there in person.

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A trilogy worth of reading matter

Posted by Steve Revill Sun, 04 Oct 2015 20:44:00 GMT

First previewed in the theatre presentation at the Wakefield 2015 show in April, ROOL are now shipping from stock three more books for developers, along with another print run of the Style Guide which sold out recently.

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Essential guide to stylish development

Posted by Steve Revill Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:45:00 GMT

Last published in July 1993, today RISC OS Open Limited are pleased to announce the immediate availability of a fully revised and updated Style Guide for RISC OS. This Guide is an essential part of the RISC OS developer’s collection. It describes the standards of ‘look and feel’ to which you should write a RISC OS application. The main aim of the Guide is to help all developers to give their applications a common and consistent look and feel so that users will be able to find their way around new programs easily and will be able to use applications together when appropriate. There is advice on how to implement this, and detailed descriptions of how to produce the icons you will need to use in your dialogue boxes and windows.

Extending to some 152 pages the guide includes the following major changes:

• Lifting of dated restrictions to applications such as memory, colours, and screen resolutions
• Requirement to use standard cut-and-paste, and preferably the drag-and-drop models for selection
• Full details of the facilities afforded by the Choices directory inside the Universal Boot sequence
• Guidance on how to handle Unicode, desktop themes, and alpha transparency
• Integration of the help and keyboard improvements introduced with the Iyonix
• Promotion of the Toolbox to effortlessly create Style Guide compliant applications
• Richer dialogue layouts through use of the Nested Window Manager

as well as numerous corrections, revised or improved drawings and screenshots.

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