Re: Interpreter for old basic programs from the line number era

On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:20:26 GMT,  wrote:

> On 7 Mrz., 18:12, "Auric__" <not.my.r...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:05:46 GMT,  wrote:
>>
>> (FYI, took a bit over 6 minutes to d/l your 964 kib file.)
> So you actually managed to download it. Did your compile succeed?
> Do you have any comments about Bas7 (or the other examples)?
> I really need any feedback I can get.

The compile went fine. I had to edit the makefile to point at my libXll, 
because the X11 lib dir isn't in $PATH, and isn't the same as what you 
have in yours (mine is /usr/X11R6/lib, with links in /usr/lib/X11 and 
/usr/X11/lib). During the compile there were *many* warnings about 
parameters being passed as different types due to prototypes (mostly 
double -> float and signed/unsigned) but no errors.

I ran a few sample programs (castle.sd7 brought back some fond memories 
of swearing at the screen because I'd just been killed again). I ran 
about a dozen old BASICA/GWBASIC sample programs through bas7 without 
any obvious errors, but with most of them it was kinda hard to tell, and 
the logs often weren't of any help.

I have 2 suggestions and a question:
1) Add some way to pause at the end of a bas7 program without 
specifically adding a pause to the .bas file.
2) For .sd7 programs that open a new window (such as castle.sd7) add a 
way to keep that window open after the end of the script.
q) I notice that bas7 apparently doesn't support MS-style colors. Are 
colors supported at all?

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