Hello, trying to print a text i input

[MysticPing2]

So ive been lurking around trying to get this work, while posting this i realised my code to check where the mouse is would break the code, but i tried without it. This is basicly a WIP on a box you click on and then you write, you can see what you write and i will use the writing for some calculations.
What happens is that nothing happens.

My other problem is that conf.lua gets completely ignored by love.exe

[veethree]

I was going to modify your code to work, But no offence, Your code is really messy. Cant really blame you as you're a beginner. Either way, I decided to just give you a working example. There's plenty of comments in it explaining the code. If you have any questions regarding it, Fire at will.

Also, Your .love is packaged incorrectly, The main.lua file should be in the root of the zip file. And the reason why conf.lua was "being ignored" seems to be because you're using version 0.8.0 of love, but 0.9.0 code. My example is written for 0.8.0, And wont work in 0.9.0 because of the way i'm handling the text input. Implementing this in 0.9.0 however should be easier thanks to the love.textinput function.

In the example, You have to click on the textbox to type into it

[MysticPing2]

thankyou, and also i downloaded the latest version from the site, so i assumed it was 9.0. Ill try what you sent, thank you again!

[veethree]

thankyou, and also i downloaded the latest version from the site, so i assumed it was 9.0. Ill try what you sent, thank you again!

0.9.0 hasn't been officially released yet, the version on the homepage is 0.8.0.

0.9.0 should however be released very soon. So you may as well start using nightly builds and learn the 0.9.0 syntax.

[MysticPing2]

thanks again Although i think a more stable 8.0 will do for now since i dont want to rage more xD

[MysticPing2]

within your text_box you have a y and a x, i noticed you refeered to textbox.y and textbox.x so that is a doable thing? Ok. Im starting to get your code now I have much to learn xD

[MysticPing2]

Also if i needed to have more boxes, would i just do the same but with different names?
also conf.lua most still be ignored beacuse t.console=true doesnt do anything

[bekey]

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[veethree]

Also if i needed to have more boxes, would i just do the same but with different names?
also conf.lua most still be ignored beacuse t.console=true doesnt do anything

Yes you can do that, That may not be an ideal way to do it, But if you're only dealing with a couple textboxes, That should do fine.

I commented out the t.console line in the conf file, If you've uncommeted the line, Then what OS are you on? The console is a windows only feature. You can get the same console functionality on linux if you run the game from a console, Not sure about how that works on os x.

[MysticPing2]

Also, since im only using this for a simple tax calculator for a forum, is it OK if i use and alter your code (and distribute it, ofcorse i wont earn money on it )

I learn alot from reading it



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