Yes, Virginia, string constants can bring joy
I’m approaching the final major checkpoint between me and QLab Pro version 1.0. Namely, I’m finishing up the MIDI Show Control cues.
This work involves the coolest list of strings I’ve ever had the honor of writing into a piece of code.
It’s hard to explain why this is so thoroughly wonderful. Maybe you have to be a geek to really get it. Part of the marvel is in the act of further connecting a thought machine to the physical world.
I hope at least you programmer types out there will appreciate the deep joy I have just experienced writing the following code into a real live program:
[_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Machinery (General)"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Rigging"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Flys"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Lifts"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Turntables"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Trusses"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Robots"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Animation"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Floats"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Breakaways"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Barges"]; [[_commandFormatPopUpButton menu] addItem:[NSMenuItem separatorItem]]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Process Control (General)"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Hydraulic Oil"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"H2O"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"CO2"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Compressed Air"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Natural Gas"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Fog"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Smoke"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Cracked Haze"]; [[_commandFormatPopUpButton menu] addItem:[NSMenuItem separatorItem]]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Pyrotechnics (General)"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Fireworks"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Explosions"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Flame"]; [_commandFormatPopUpButton addItemWithTitle:@"Smoke Pots"];
I mean… Robots. … Fireworks. … Explosions. … Come on.