[javascript-dev] js disobeys law of cause and effect

One question I have is why don't you just put the jit.lcd object in
your javasript?
wes

On 11/6/07, evan.raskob [lists] <lists at lowfrequency.org> wrote:
> I guess there's no way around it:
>
> http://lowfrequency.org/stuff/js-lcd-draw-test.zip
>
> I don't want to make it public, but there it is.  I'll take it down
> soon.
>
>
> Thanks
> Evan
>
>
> On Nov 6, 2007, at 6:22 PM, Wesley Smith wrote:
>
> > While I understand roughly form your desription what's going on,
> > there's no way to really help you without an actual script and patch.
> >
> > wes
> >
> > On 11/6/07, evan.raskob [lists] <lists at lowfrequency.org> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I am banging my head against the wall with a very strange javascript
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> I've always assumed that messages passed from a javascript outlet
> >> occur in the order I send them.  Apparently, this is not the case.
> >>
> >> I have code to draw on jit.lcd automatically - it should move the pen
> >> to an initial spot ("moveto x y"), send a bang (so that the pen is
> >> updated), then get the dimensions of jit.lcd ("getdim").   I have a
> >> function "dim (x,y)" that should receive the jit.lcd dimensions, and
> >> in turn query it for the pen location (via the "getpenloc" message to
> >> jit.lcd).  I have a function in js called "penloc (x,y)" that should
> >> receive data from the jit.lcd telling me where the pen is located so
> >> i can continue drawing.  Sounds very simple, no? In reality, I run
> >> the code and see the message "getdim" which triggered the "getpenloc"
> >> message AT THE END of the output from the js object.  Which makes no
> >> sense, because getdim would have to be sent in order to trigger the
> >> drawing in the first place.  Also, the "clear" message to jit.lcd is
> >> executed LAST, even though it appears in the max window as having
> >> been sent in the proper order (FIRST).
> >>
> >> In fact, the entire output seems absolutely arbitrary to me, with
> >> "getpenloc" calls all stacked in a row (or not at all).  I have tried
> >> using immediate mode to see if there is a difference, and tried
> >> adding and subtracting [deferlow] and [jit.qball] objects after both
> >> the jit.lcd and the js, but no hope.
> >>
> >> Please help!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Evan
> >>
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