gnupic: Thread: Linux and PIC BASIC Pro

Hi,

Does anybody know of a linux based editor that supports syntax 
highlighting for PIC BASIC Pro ?

Kind regards

Jules

On Friday 13 February 2004 04:00 am, Julian Hill wrote:
> Does anybody know of a linux based editor that supports syntax
> highlighting for PIC BASIC Pro ?
>
http://www.nedit.org

You can even define the colors used ;-)

HTH,
JP

Just downloaded it - looks good! Does anybody have a .pats file for
defining the syntax highlighting for PIC BASIC Pro?

J

j_post wrote:
 > On Friday 13 February 2004 04:00 am, Julian Hill wrote:
 >
 >>Does anybody know of a linux based editor that supports syntax
 >>highlighting for PIC BASIC Pro ?
 >>
 >
 > http://www.nedit.org
 >
 > You can even define the colors used ;-)
 >
 > HTH,
 > JP
 >
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> On Friday 13 February 2004 04:00 am, Julian Hill wrote:
> > Does anybody know of a linux based editor that supports syntax
> > highlighting for PIC BASIC Pro ?
> >
j_post wrote:-
> http://www.nedit.org
> 
> You can even define the colors used ;-)

As I remember vim 'does colours' and there are data-files for each
different 'dialect'.

What I really think would be a killer-app [for me] is a syntax editor;
like spread-sheet-menus.    If at a certain state of the 'syntax-diagram'
there are only 3 valid choices, why have the user type in from an 
[near] infinite sequence of keys.  When you enter an escalator/lift
which has 5 valid destinations you select from 1-of-5 [don't nit-pik
in correcting this].  You don't write a message to the controller.

My theory is that people want to pretend there's in 'little man in the 
box', who can read human languages  - why else do they write "please"
with instructions/prompts ?   And why do they like writing 'little messages'
[which was the only possibility in TTY days] instead of using eg. mc [the
good clone of the brilliant original DOS nc] for all file operations ?

eg. [using pascal-like syntax], why should you have to select a "R",
select an "E", select a "P'...; when you can select a "REPEAT".
Or better still, since it is not open to choice, select a:
"REPEAT"   <space for block>  "UNTIL".

Can http://www.nedit.org   do any thing like the above.

== Chris Glur.

On Friday 13 February 2004 10:21 am, ####@####.#### wrote:
> > On Friday 13 February 2004 04:00 am, Julian Hill wrote:
> > > Does anybody know of a linux based editor that supports syntax
> > > highlighting for PIC BASIC Pro ?
>
> j_post wrote:-
>
> > http://www.nedit.org
> >
> > You can even define the colors used ;-)
>
> As I remember vim 'does colours' and there are data-files for each
> different 'dialect'.

I've never used vim ;-) With nedit, you select
Preferences->Syntax Highlighting->Text Drawing Style
You can have different highlighting for different languages. It's very 
configurable. Configuration is stored in ~/.nedit, you don't need data files 
for each language.
>
   <snip>
>
> Can http://www.nedit.org   do any thing like the above.
>
Don't know--I've not had the need to do any of those things. As with any 
tool, one's choice of editor depends on one's needs. Nedit fits my needs as a 
programmer better than any other Linux editor I've found. Those who have 
different needs may not like it at all. Try it, you might like it, but --Read 
The Docs-- first :-)

JP

On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 05:20, ####@####.#### wrote:
>  If at a certain state of the 'syntax-diagram' there are only 3 valid
> choices, why have the user type in from an [near] infinite sequence
> of keys.

  You're hearking back to various "embedded BASIC" machines such as the
ZX-80 (I/m sure I still have a couple of them here ...) on which all the
available functions were mapped to alphabetic keys - in fact, this
mapped the token values used to store those functions in the code,
directly as well.

  The Commodore 64/ 16/ +4 was similar, but not so direct, and a couple
of others.

  And yes, there's no particular reason why you cannot *emulate* this
with an editor.
-- 
  Cheers,
    Paul B.

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as
kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills
and listening to repetitive electronic music." - Unknown

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On Friday 13 February 2004 09:00, Julian Hill wrote:
> Does anybody know of a linux based editor that supports syntax
> highlighting for PIC BASIC Pro ?
Is there a PIC BASIC Pro compiler for linux ?
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