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.. _bugreport:
Reporting Bugs
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Report all bugs at http://bugs.villavu.com/

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Getting Started With Simba
==========================
This page will help you install Simba and highlight some basic Simba
features.
.. _installingsimba:
Installing simba
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
whatis.rst
whatsnew.rst
features.rst
whysimba.rst
gettingstarted.rst
troubleshooting.rst
bugreport.rst
tutorial.rst
reference.rst
scriptreference.rst

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.. _writing-simba-extensions:
Writing Simba Extensions
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What Is Simba?
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Simba is a program used to repeat certain (complicated) tasks. Typically these
tasks involve using the mouse and keyboard. Simba is programmable, which means
you can design your own logic and steps that Simba will follow, based upon
certain input.
This "input" can vary greatly; from data in files to colours on the screen.
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Simba can:
* Find and read colours on the screen.
* Click or move the mouse to a specific position on the screen. Typically
this is the position of a found color or bitmap.
* Read and write files.
* Connect to the internet to read websites and post data to them.
* Read text on the screen and turn it into actual text. (Optical Text
Recognition)
and much, more much. Start now by :ref:`installingsimba`.
If you want to know more about Simba, see :ref:`whysimba`

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.. _whysimba:
Why Simba?
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GEWOON MAN
So why would you use Simba?
*
For several reasons. Number one is probably the active community combined with
the open mindedness of the Simba developers.
Programmable
In fact, the only way to use it, is to write a program that Simba will execute.
*
Simba is:
Extensible
Simba supports both plugins in machine code as well as extensions written in the Simba programming language. (Pascal)
*
Free
~~~~
Free (As in Free Beer and as in Freedom)
Simba is, and always will be free.
It is free as in Free Beer ``and`` as in Freedom.
Simba is 100% free to use. In fact, we welcome you to share it with the rest of the world.
Simba is 100% free to use. In fact, we welcome you to share it with the
rest of the world.
The source code to the program is also freely available, under the GPL license.
*
The source code to the program is also freely available, under the GPL
license.
Reliable
Simba is actively maintained by a team of knowledgable programmers. We as a team do our best to make Simba into a quality product. However: this does not guarantee a bug free program. (Bug free programs don't exist)
*
.. note::
The source code allows everyone to see how the program actually
works. Most developers choose not to share their source code and therefore
decide to hold knowledge back. The Simba developers highly disagree with
this mentality and will fight for a world with free knowledge for
everyone. "Closed Source" as not sharing source code is called, is holding
back innovation and research in the world.
Cross Platform
Simba has been written with freedom in mind and believes Simba should not be limited to one platform, as that limits its users to one platform as well. Currently the supported platforms are Windows and Linux.
Extensible
~~~~~~~~~~
Even though we try hard to make Simba bug-free on all platforms, some issues remain. The biggest issue is the component that executes your program. It is an external component and does not play too well on Linux. Hopefully we will be able to fix this soon.
*
Simba supports both plugins in machine code as well as extensions written
in the Simba programming language. (Pascal)
Quite fast
The Simba developers have designed and written Simba with speed in mind. However, focussing too much on speed is in reality not a good case. It often leads to instability and more bugs in the program. For Simba, we have sacraficed some speed to make a more featureful and stable program.
This way one can easily extend Simba. See :ref:`writing-simba-extensions`
Reliable
~~~~~~~~
Simba is actively maintained by a team of knowledgable programmers.
We as a team do our best to make Simba into a quality product.
However this does not guarantee a bug free program.
(Bug free programs don't exist)
Should you encouter a bug, please consider sending a bug report so we can
resolve the issue: :ref:`bugreport`.
Cross Platform
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Simba has been written with freedom in mind and believes Simba
should not be limited to one platform, as that limits its users
to one platform as well.
Currently the supported platforms are Windows and Linux.
Even though we try hard to make Simba bug-free on all platforms,
some issues remain. The biggest issue is the component that
executes your program. It is an external component and does not
play too well on Linux. Hopefully we will be able to fix this soon.
Fast
~~~~
The Simba developers have designed and written Simba with speed in mind.
However, focussing too much on speed is in reality not a good case.
It often leads to instability and more bugs in the program.
For Simba, we have sacrificed some speed to make a more featureful
and stable program.
Nevertheless, Simba is quite fast.