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I created the FormattedString that I mentioned in a previous post. I wanted to encapsulate some basic formatting options in my own class that would use the NSAttributedString class internally. I also want to use the variadic function capability in Swift to make formatting text as simple and…
Continue readingI was reading a few posts online about Swift variadic functions. I have to say, the amount of copying and pasting of content online is disturbing; Quite a few of the posts, some on Medium and some on various blogs, are almost identical in content as if the…
Continue readingThere is a new Beta version of the Linkage program. I changed the software so gears are now links and you can add connectors to them. The gear and those other connectors are always going to move together so there is no reason to fasten gears to links…
Continue readingI had a problem in my iOS app that required an interesting solution. My app has a variety of information on the home page and using segues to transition to other pages was cumbersome. The segue system in iOS is a little weird because it relies on a…
Continue readingSomeone was having trouble with the Linkage software and sent me an email. They were very nice about telling me that the software was convoluted and difficult to use. Since they were working with gears, I am in total agreement that the software is difficult to use. But…
Continue readingI plan on adding speed, acceleration, and maybe other information, to the Linkage program. People have asked about force (which is weird since threes no mass to the links so there is no force required to move them) and sometimes they ask for other things that are so…
Continue readingI’ve been a bit lazy about updates. I updated the Linkage software to version 3.10.5 a few weeks or months ago. It’s no longer a beta program. This new version has a method of simulating links that are positioned by three other links. the algorithm to do this…
Continue readingThere is a new Linkage program ready to test. I just fixed a bug with pasting elements that were selected with a box or in certain other ways. The bug caused a crash when the elements were pasted. The typical Linkage installer is here: http://www.rectorsquid.com/beta/linkage.msi The 64 bit…
Continue readingI started work on a macOS version of the Linkage program. It’s going to be years before it’s done but it’s also going to be an interesting project. I opted to use the native tools and languages to make my C.V. so filled with programming languages and operating…
Continue readingI’m working on simulating the Assur Triad using an iterative algorithm. Click here for an older post about the problem I’m trying to solve. The algorithm essentially treats two of the three “legs” of the triad as a 4-bar mechanism and simulates it as one of the legs…
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