I’m about to begin a project porting a game written in BASIC to my Spectrum.
I am a MAC user and it looks like my best option is
-ZXBasic
-Sublime syntax highlighting
-FUSE
I looked at the Kliveide project but it is not stable and I had issues with it on my M1 iMac
Was just wondering if any other Mac users had decent workflows for developing and testing in pure Spectrum basic?
BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
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Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
I don’t really program in BASIC, but for the few tests I occasionally do, I use bas2tap in TextMate. Not sure how it’ll play along with M1 Macs, though.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
Are there any other text editors (preferably open source/free ones) that support BASIC syntax highlighting?
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Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
My setup, although I haven’t touched my project in a long time was:
- Boriel
- MacVIM to edit
- FUSE to play
- Boriel
- MacVIM to edit
- FUSE to play
Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
M1 macbook pro:
I use Parallels to install Win10. Then BasinC to edit and debug.
I use Parallels to install Win10. Then BasinC to edit and debug.
Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
Not the best option, but you can try zxcoder.org.
It's main advantage is that is web based and you can work from anywhere (tablet etc) .
I use it in conjuction with pastebin or other similar sites to always have my work online and accesible from anywhere.
It's main advantage is that is web based and you can work from anywhere (tablet etc) .
I use it in conjuction with pastebin or other similar sites to always have my work online and accesible from anywhere.
Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
I don’t know if Sublime Text is still available as a trial version, but I used that version for a long time.
(Before I bought a proper license because now I’m using it on a daily basis.)
The Sinclair BASIC package from TextMate works there, and can even generate tap files.
I haven’t tried bas2tap on my M1 machine yet. Probably it needs to be compiled from source.
Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
It boggles my mind how well-made and convenient this programming environment is. I really feel like it should be more popular and discussed. It is just excellent.
Re: BASIC Programming workflow on MAC
There is the ZX-Basic syntax highlighter for Visual Studio Code. I've only used it for reading BASIC listings but it looks nice: https://github.com/jsanjose/zxbasic-vscode
I've previously used bas2tap which worked fine. I'm not sure if I've compiled it since upgrading to an M2 but I can't image why it would fail; it's very standard C.
I've previously used bas2tap which worked fine. I'm not sure if I've compiled it since upgrading to an M2 but I can't image why it would fail; it's very standard C.