<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
commercially	O
distributed	O
programming	O
language	O
developed	O
by	O
Andreas	O
Falkenhahn	O
(	O
Airsoft	O
Softwair	O
)	O
which	O
mainly	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
multimedia-oriented	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
available	O
for	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
WarpOS	B-Device
,	O
AROS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
has	O
an	O
inbuilt	O
cross	B-Application
compiler	I-Application
that	O
can	O
automatically	O
save	O
executables	O
for	O
all	O
platforms	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
optional	O
add-on	O
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
compile	O
projects	O
into	O
APK	B-Application
files	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
is	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
with	O
which	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
also	O
as	O
a	O
presentation	O
software	O
and	O
an	O
authoring	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
has	O
its	O
roots	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
programming	O
languages	O
like	O
AMOS	B-Language
,	O
Blitz	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
E	I-Device
,	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
author	O
Andreas	O
Falkenhahn	O
began	O
development	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
in	O
Spring	O
2002	O
after	O
finishing	O
his	O
A-levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2002	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
for	O
68000-based	O
Amiga	B-Device
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
a	O
native	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
PowerPC-based	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
WarpOS	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
with	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
1.9	O
which	O
appeared	O
in	O
Spring	O
2004	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
presentations	O
with	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	O
is	O
supported	O
since	O
March	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
2.0	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
)	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
using	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
as	O
its	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
,	O
but	O
with	O
significant	O
modifications	O
in	O
syntax	B-Application
and	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
3.0	O
(	O
January	O
2008	O
)	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
also	O
runs	O
on	O
two	O
non	O
Amiga	B-Device
inspired	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
:	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
4.5	O
(	O
January	O
2010	O
)	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
also	O
available	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
on	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
4.8	O
(	O
April	O
2011	O
)	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
can	O
also	O
compile	O
executables	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
and	O
introduces	O
support	O
for	O
video	O
playback	O
and	O
vector	O
image	O
formats	O
like	O
SVG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
5.2	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
also	O
supports	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
6.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2015	O
and	O
introduces	O
support	O
for	O
OpenGL	B-Application
programming	O
via	O
a	O
dedicated	O
plugin	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
7.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
and	O
introduces	O
Unicode	O
support	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
64-bit	B-Device
architectures	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
's	O
focus	O
is	O
on	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independence	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programming	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
done	O
via	O
so	O
called	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
scripts	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
*	O
.hws	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
programs	O
run	O
inside	O
a	O
sandbox	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
it	O
impossible	O
for	O
them	O
to	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
completely	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independent	I-Operating_System
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
scripts	O
cannot	O
call	O
any	O
API	O
functions	O
of	O
the	O
host	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
directly	O
and	O
are	O
limited	O
to	O
the	O
inbuilt	O
command	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	O
rendering	O
is	O
also	O
implemented	O
via	O
a	O
platform	B-Operating_System
independent	I-Operating_System
font	O
backend	O
that	O
ensures	O
that	O
TrueType	O
text	O
looks	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
on	O
every	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
support	O
Amiga	B-Device
specific	O
file	O
formats	O
like	O
IFF	B-Operating_System
ILBM	I-Operating_System
images	O
,	O
IFF	B-Operating_System
8SVX	I-Operating_System
sounds	O
,	O
or	O
IFF	B-Device
ANIM	I-Device
files	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
scripts	O
written	O
on	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
GUI	B-Application
toolkits	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
RapaGUI	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
GUI	B-Application
plugin	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
which	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
RapaGUI	O
uses	O
native	O
GUI	B-Application
controls	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
respective	O
host	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
giving	O
all	O
RapaGUI	O
applications	O
a	O
native	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MUI	O
Royale	O
is	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
toolkit	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
GUIs	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Magic	B-Library
User	I-Library
Interface	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
GUI	B-Application
toolkit	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
HGui	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
RapaGUI	O
and	O
MUI	O
Royale	O
,	O
HGui	O
draws	O
its	O
GUI	B-Application
controls	O
itself	O
which	O
makes	O
its	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
look	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
on	O
every	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
compiler	O
that	O
comes	O
with	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
link	O
all	O
external	O
files	O
(	O
including	O
fonts	O
)	O
into	O
the	O
executable	O
to	O
be	O
built	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
compiler	O
can	O
compile	O
scripts	O
into	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
applets	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
file	O
extension	O
*	O
.hwa	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
applets	O
are	O
smaller	O
than	O
regular	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
programs	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
started	O
on	O
systems	O
that	O
have	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
export	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
scripts	O
as	O
AVI	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Amiga-compatible	O
version	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
these	O
systems	O
,	O
Cubic	B-Device
IDE	I-Device
and	O
Codebench	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
with	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
as	O
these	O
have	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
language	O
through	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
comes	O
with	O
an	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
scripts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
do	O
not	O
come	O
with	O
an	O
IDE	O
either	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
from	O
the	O
console	O
or	O
else	O
integrated	O
into	O
other	O
IDEs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Hello	O
World	O
program	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
could	O
look	O
like	O
this	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opening	O
of	O
the	O
window	O
is	O
automatically	O
done	O
by	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
not	O
otherwise	O
requested	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
will	O
automatically	O
open	O
a	O
new	O
window	O
in	O
the	O
resolution	O
of	O
640x480	O
for	O
every	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
is	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
that	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
presentations	O
and	O
kiosk	O
systems	O
with	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
uses	O
a	O
WYSIWYG-compliant	O
interface	O
based	O
on	O
slides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
will	O
then	O
run	O
the	O
slides	O
one	O
after	O
another	O
or	O
in	O
a	O
predefined	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
projects	O
created	O
in	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
are	O
displayed	O
using	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
and	O
can	O
thus	O
also	O
be	O
compiled	O
into	O
stand-alone	O
executables	O
or	O
video	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
custom	O
code	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
complete	O
command	O
set	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technically	O
speaking	O
,	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
does	O
nothing	O
else	O
but	O
automatically	O
generate	O
scripts	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
according	O
to	O
the	O
layout	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
in	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
of	O
generating	O
scripts	O
and	O
running	O
them	O
using	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
is	O
entirely	O
hidden	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
so	O
that	O
programming	O
skills	O
are	O
not	O
necessary	O
for	O
using	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
because	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
merely	O
generates	O
scripts	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
a	O
mandatory	O
requirement	O
for	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
Designer	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
compatible	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
Hollywood	B-Operating_System
cross-compiler	B-Application
,	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
save	O
stand-alone	O
executables	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
from	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
.	O
</s>
