XC=Basic 3

Syntax highlighting for XC=BASIC 3.1, a cross compiled BASIC for 8-bit Commodore machines.

Features

• Grammar definition for syntax highlighting

Requirements

No requirements but XC=Basic 3 compiler and Vice are recommended for testing.

• https://xc-basic.net/
• https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• xcbasic.basefolder: Absolute path of the XC-BASIC base folder (the one containing the 'bin' folder.

For now this setting is not used directly by the extension, you can use it with the following tasks.json and simply hit Crtl+Shift+B or Cmd+Shift+B to build the currently open XC=BASIC 3 file to a C64 prg with the same name.

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "Build XC=BASIC 3 file to .prg",
            "type": "shell",
            "osx": {
                "command": "./bin/macOS/xcbasic3",
                "args": [
                    "${file}",
                    "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.prg"
                ]
            },
            "linux": {
                "command": "./bin/Linux/xcbasic3",
                "args": [
                    "${file}",
                    "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}.prg"
                ]
            },
            "windows": {
                "command": "./bin/Windows/xcbasic3.exe",
                "args": [
                    "${file}",
                    "${fileDirname}\\${fileBasenameNoExtension}.prg"
                ]
            },
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "options": {
                "cwd": "${config:xcbasic3.basefolder}"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Known Issues

• Ugly colors
• Lot of bugs
• Some XC=Basic rules and DASM language definition is based on
  • https://github.com/Viza74/xcbasiclanguagevscodeext
  • https://github.com/zeh/vscode-dasm

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release