Comments on: hback - 0.0.2 http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/30/hback-0_0_2/ Barren, destitute, devoid of pith. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Norbert http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/30/hback-0_0_2/#comment-32 Norbert Sun, 01 Jun 2008 07:52:41 +0000 http://pithyless.com/blog/?p=17#comment-32 hmm, that doesn't sound cool. I was hoping after the rewrite the behavior would become more explicit, not less so. Joseph, thanks for the thorough feedback and cabal update. I will look into this, but probably won't really have the time in the next couple days, since I've got exams starting and project dates looming. :) hmm, that doesn’t sound cool. I was hoping after the rewrite the behavior would become more explicit, not less so.

Joseph, thanks for the thorough feedback and cabal update. I will look into this, but probably won’t really have the time in the next couple days, since I’ve got exams starting and project dates looming. :)

]]> By: Joseph http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/30/hback-0_0_2/#comment-31 Joseph Sat, 31 May 2008 23:06:33 +0000 http://pithyless.com/blog/?p=17#comment-31 Something seems very wrong in this new version. I just had a string of about 15 Fs in a row, which seems like it should be so unlikely as not to have happened yet. Also, when I look at the score output, it seems to be incorrect. Even doing 1-back, which is so easy that I can be extremely sure that I get every one correct if I don't momentarily space out, I see the score has entries of 2 and 3 that shouldn't be there. I'm not sure if the timing is off or it has to do with my keystrokes not being registered properly or what. I'm not sure on differences between 0.0 and 0.2, but 0.0 is much more reliable for me. When I know that I nailed a level, it always increases. With version 0.2, it usually doesn't. I also had problems with the level NEVER changing from 1 when I installed the app. Using the `make trial` version seems to be less flakey, but then it has to be run from the hback directory in order to work. Something seems very wrong in this new version.

I just had a string of about 15 Fs in a row, which seems like it should be so unlikely as not to have happened yet.

Also, when I look at the score output, it seems to be incorrect. Even doing 1-back, which is so easy that I can be extremely sure that I get every one correct if I don’t momentarily space out, I see the score has entries of 2 and 3 that shouldn’t be there. I’m not sure if the timing is off or it has to do with my keystrokes not being registered properly or what.

I’m not sure on differences between 0.0 and 0.2, but 0.0 is much more reliable for me. When I know that I nailed a level, it always increases. With version 0.2, it usually doesn’t.

I also had problems with the level NEVER changing from 1 when I installed the app. Using the `make trial` version seems to be less flakey, but then it has to be run from the hback directory in order to work.

]]> By: Joseph http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/30/hback-0_0_2/#comment-27 Joseph Sat, 31 May 2008 01:18:41 +0000 http://pithyless.com/blog/?p=17#comment-27 Is the distribution supposed to have a Paths_hback.hs in it? I was getting errors after building and installing with: runhaskell Setup.lhs configure --prefix=$HOME --user runhaskell Setup.lhs build runhaskell Setup.lhs install When I started the app from any other directory, it said it couldn't find the glade file.. I think Cabal was picking up that Paths_hback.hs file instead of using the one that it auto-generates. After removing Paths_hback.hs and doing the configure, build, install dance again, things seem to work fine. Maybe the problem was a result of tweaks I made to the Cabal file to get it working with GHC 6.8 though. Is the distribution supposed to have a Paths_hback.hs in it? I was getting errors after building and installing with:

runhaskell Setup.lhs configure –prefix=$HOME –user
runhaskell Setup.lhs build
runhaskell Setup.lhs install

When I started the app from any other directory, it said it couldn’t find the glade file.. I think Cabal was picking up that Paths_hback.hs file instead of using the one that it auto-generates. After removing Paths_hback.hs and doing the configure, build, install dance again, things seem to work fine.

Maybe the problem was a result of tweaks I made to the Cabal file to get it working with GHC 6.8 though.

]]> By: Joseph http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/30/hback-0_0_2/#comment-25 Joseph Fri, 30 May 2008 20:11:15 +0000 http://pithyless.com/blog/?p=17#comment-25 Thanks for the update and added features and explanations (and the comments in code)! To any Gentoo users who try to install the latest version and get an error relating to use of Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (not in previous version), you need to install first the dev-haskell/time package from the haskell-overlay (if you're using GHC 6.8, use the 1.1.2.0 version or newer). Thanks for the update and added features and explanations (and the comments in code)!

To any Gentoo users who try to install the latest version and get an error relating to use of Data.Time.Clock.POSIX (not in previous version), you need to install first the dev-haskell/time package from the haskell-overlay (if you’re using GHC 6.8, use the 1.1.2.0 version or newer).

]]> By: Piotr Krzyzek http://pithyless.com/blog/2008/05/30/hback-0_0_2/#comment-22 Piotr Krzyzek Fri, 30 May 2008 17:27:38 +0000 http://pithyless.com/blog/?p=17#comment-22 I do remember one problem with the original game: getting it running. For anyone using kubuntu you might want to look into getting the "libghc6-<stuff goes here" packages. I do remember one problem with the original game: getting it running.

For anyone using kubuntu you might want to look into getting the “libghc6-<stuff goes here” packages.

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