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I should add that this was Internet Explorer 5.5. I just discovered that
this does not work with Netscape... although maybe there is some setting
that you can do to make it happen. Of course, I could always link the .rcx
extension with launching probe.exe, but that is not as fun.
-Ben
In lugnet.robotics, Ben Erwin writes:
> I don't know if this has already been discovered a dozen times before (I
> would search to find out, but the text search cgi is down!)... but I just
> found something cool.
>
> If you put a link to any RCX Code program with a .rcx extension in a web
> browser and click on that link, a text version of that program comes up in
> the browser. Pretty nifty. Here is the result of one of my programs in my
> up and coming book, Creative Projects with LEGO Mindstorms. I found this
> cool feature while QA-ing my CD-ROM, which is filled with example programs,
> movies, and instructions.
>
> and here is a little plug for the book:
> http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0201708957
>
> This program is for the Flashlight Follower.
>
> PROGTXT1Â// Flashlight2.rcx
>
> #source RIS1.5
> #target RCX
>
> main [
> sensor s1 on 1
> output motorA on 1
> output motorB on 2
> output motorC on 3
> forward [motorA motorB motorC]
> power [motorA motorB motorC] 7
> s1 is light as percent
> start progTask
> wait 10
> watch s1 [
> when 0..50 [ ]
> when 51..100 [ start task1 ]
> ]
> ]
>
> task progTask [
> on [motorA motorC]
> forever [
> power [motorA motorC] 0
> forward motorC
> backward motorA
> wait 30
> forward motorA
> backward motorC
> wait 30
> ]
> ]
>
> task task1
> [
> while s1 is 50..100 [
> backward [motorA motorC]
> ]
> ]
>
> DESCTXT2zRobot's name:
>
> What it looks like:
>
> What it can do:
>
>
> So the real question is, can someone write a utility that will automatically
> translate this code into spirit.ocx usable code, like in Visual Basic, or
> translate it into NQC, etc.??? That would be pretty neat.
>
> -Ben
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