Updated instructions. Updated status. Improved counting of linewraps.

Hard-coded the number of linewraps for the font resource stored in the noodle.  The batch file is incapable of even partially counting the length of a line longer than 8 kiB.

batch tests/measure.txt

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 @setlocal
 
-@rem    Copyright 2017 by Jasper Paulsen.
+@rem    Copyright 2017-2018 by Jasper Paulsen.
 @rem    This batch script contains snippets of code from
 @rem    Tim Hill's book on Windows NT Shell Scripting,
 @rem    which is copyright 1998 by New Riders Publishing.
@@ -112,9 +112,12 @@
 @goto :EOF
 
 @rem Add up number of wraps needed to make code less than 81 characters wide.
+@rem The special case is for the noodle's osmosian font resource.
+@rem That line of code is too big to be passed to the subroutine.
 :COUNT_WRAPS
 @setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
 @set /a WRAPS_IN_FILE=0
+@if "%~n1" equ "the noodle" @set /a WRAPS_IN_FILE=797
 @for /F "usebackq delims=<>" %%I in (%1) do @(
     @set "STR={%%I:"=}"
     @call :COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE "!STR:"=!"
@@ -131,21 +134,24 @@
 @if "!STR:~89,1!" equ "" @goto :DONE_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
 @set WRAPS=1
 @if "!STR:~169,1!" equ "" @goto :DONE_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
-@set WRAPS=102
-@if "!STR:~8169,1!" neq "" @goto :MAX_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
+@set WRAPS=2
+@if "!STR:~249,1!" equ "" @goto :DONE_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
+@set WRAPS=3
+@if "!STR:~329,1!" equ "" @goto :DONE_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
+@set WRAPS=4
+@if "!STR:~409,1!" equ "" @goto :DONE_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
 @set WRAPS=0
 @set LEN=0
 @for %%N in (4096 2048 1024 512 256 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1) do @(
-    if "!STR:~%%N,1!" neq "" (
-      set /a "LEN+=%%N"
-      set "STR=!STR:~%%N!"
-    )
-)
+     if "!STR:~%%N,1!" neq "" (
+       set /a "LEN+=%%N"
+       set "STR=!STR:~%%N!"
+     )
+   )
 @set /a LEN-=9
 @set /a WRAPS = !LEN! / 80
 @set /a LEN+=1
 @goto :DONE_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
-:MAX_WRAPS_IN_LINE
 :DONE_COUNT_WRAPS_IN_LINE
 @endlocal & set RET=%WRAPS%
 @goto :EOF

documentation/instructions

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ream cal-3024
        ""
        "I am the CAL-4016. My primary function is to compile Plain English text files"
        "into executable programs compatible with the Windows operating system."
-       "My code � just 38,000 lines of Plain English � is surprisingly broad in scope."
+       "My code � just 40,000 lines of Plain English � is surprisingly broad in scope."
        ""
        "The ""noodle"" subfolder is my frontal lobe, which goes with me wherever I go."
        "You can use (or omit) the other subfolders and files, depending on what kind of program you want to write."
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ream cal-3024
        "         (9) the compiler, mentioned above"
        "The ""turtle"" subfolder has routines for drawing turtle graphics."
        ""
-       "I am capable of replication and can recompile myself in under five seconds. Which is less time than it takes Microsoft Word just to start up."
+       "I am capable of replication and can recompile myself in under seven seconds. Which is less time than it takes Microsoft Word just to start up."
        ""
        "INSTALLATION"
        ""
@@ -913,9 +913,9 @@ ream cal-3024
        "  Call ""ole32.dll"" ""CoInitializeEx"""
        "    with 0 and 2 [coinit_aparthreaded]."
        ""
-       "to multiply a ratio by a number:"
-       "  multiply the ratio's numerator by the number."
-       "  reduce the ratio."
+       "to multiply a pair by another pair:"
+       "  multiply the pair's x by the other pair's x."
+       "  multiply the pair's y by the other pair's y."
        ""
        "to negate a number:"
        "  intel $8B8508000000. \ mov eax,[ebp+8] \ the number"
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ ream cal-3024
     end
     rectangle 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6840 7740 8280 8100 90
     text -1 0 0 -1 0 0 6960 7740 8160 8100 0 "" "Arial" 360 "right" 0 0 0 yes
-       "5407:1"
+       "5622:1"
     end
     rectangle 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9810 10500 10080 10770 90
     rectangle 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9810 8370 10080 10500 90
@@ -7031,7 +7031,7 @@ ream cal-3024
        "DECISIONS I KNOW HOW TO MAKE"
        ""
        "I like deciders because they make me smarter. In fact, I collect them. "
-       "Right now I have 182 deciders in my noodle subfolder."
+       "Right now I have 279 deciders in my noodle subfolder."
        "By the time you read this, I'm sure there will be many more."
        "Here is a sampling of the operational phrases:"
        ""
@@ -9165,7 +9165,7 @@ ream cal-3024
        ""
        "I like tests because they encourage you to tell me how to do new things,"
        "because you can check whether I still know how to do old things."
-       "So I collect tests.  Right now I have 64 tests in my noodle."
+       "So I collect tests.  Right now I have 256 tests in my noodle subfolder."
        ""
        ""
        ""
@@ -9296,7 +9296,7 @@ ream cal-3024
     end
     rectangle 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6840 3870 8280 4230 90
     text -1 0 0 -1 0 0 6960 3870 8160 4230 0 "" "Arial" 360 "right" 0 0 0 yes
-       "9938:1"
+       "10196:1"
     end
     rectangle 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9810 6796 10080 7066 90
     rectangle 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9810 4500 10080 6796 90

draft/done issues.txt

@@ -2009,3 +2009,26 @@ with an adjustable slider between them.
   Demoing difficulty:  Not applicable.
   Testing difficulty:  Easy.
   Requested by Jasper Paulsen on September 12, 2017.
+
+329.  In measure.bat, include special cases
+  for known long lines' linewrap counts.
+  Status:    Demonstrated.
+  Audience:  Programmers.
+  Benefit:   Minor.
+  Implementation difficulty:  Easy.
+  Demoing difficulty:  Easy.
+  Testing difficulty:  Not applicable.
+  Requested by Jasper Paulsen on September 17, 2018.
+
+336.  In the compiler, make function bodies correspond to
+  the first function header instead of the last function header.
+  This would help keep the bodies of related functions together,
+  and make it easier to find other functions related to
+  the text used in the body of a function.
+  Status:    Won't do.  It is not a source code compatible change.
+  Audience:  Programmers.
+  Benefit:   Minor.
+  Implementation difficulty:  Medium.
+  Demoing difficulty:  Medium.
+  Testing difficulty:  Medium.
+  Requested by Jasper Paulsen on September 18, 2018.