A less typing tip

[Guilect]

Once you become familiar with Brutus2D commands you can save a little bit of type with the following tip:

You can set a variable equal to any of the B2D main objects.
compare the two examples.

Traditional Method:option explicit

dim bRunning
bRunning = True

sub main()

if (graphics.initialize <> True) then exit sub

graphics.setTitle "Demo - press [ESC] to exit"

key.initialize

do while bRunning = True
if key.pressed(1) or key.pressed(0) = True then bRunning = False
   graphics.clear &hFFFFFF  ' white
    ' rectangle
    graphics.SetRect 100,40,100,40,&hFF000000

   graphics.display
loop

key.terminate
graphics.terminate

end sub

Call Main()



Short cut method:
option explicit

dim bRunning
bRunning = True

Dim g
Set g = graphics

sub main()

if (g.initialize <> True) then exit sub

g.setTitle "Demo - press [ESC] to exit"

key.initialize

do while bRunning = True
if key.pressed(1) or key.pressed(0) = True then bRunning = False
   g.clear &hFFFFFF  ' white
    ' rectangle
    g.SetRect 100,40,100,40,&hFF000000

   g.display
loop

key.terminate
g.terminate

end sub

Call Main()

Notice above the :
Dim g
Set g = graphics

From there we can use the variable 'g' just like we would the full B2D object 'graphics'

The down side of this short cut is that the autocomplete does not appear.

[hartnell]

That's neat. Thanks for the tip. -- hartnell