Merlin32 VSCode Language Extension (65816 Assembly)

This provides syntax highlighting for Assembly Language written in the Merlin8/16+/32 format for 6502, 65C02, and 65816 CPUs.

Installation

Install extension from the VS Marketplace.

Excellent Merlin32 documentation and the assembler downloads are available at https://brutaldeluxe.fr/products/crossdevtools/merlin/, thanks to Brutal Deluxe!

Release Notes

0.1.2

• added rename symbol functionality
• added document link functionality for Merlin commands ASM, DSK, PUT, PUTBIN, SAV, USE
• hover over mnemonics now shows supporting processors (6502/65C02/65816)
• bug fix: references in comments are now excluded
• bug fix: symbols like "a" where wrongly found in a value like $a
• bug fix: matching whitespace into comments

0.1.1

• minor rendering change to hover

0.1.0

• go to declaration (only works in current document)
• find all references (only works in current document)
• show symbols (only works in current document, press @ in search bar to show them)
• hover over mnemonics shows some information about it (hover over an "LDA" for example)
• format document
• format selection
• added configuration settings for format functions
• small highlight fixes: lda #<LOC, logical operators [!, &, .], asc 'blah',
• began adding highlighting for Merlin directives (org, mx, dsk, put, putbin, etc.)

0.0.2

• Recognize computed variables like #this+that-2/20
• Add variable support lda ]foo
• Improved data literal capture dw 2,4,6,]foo,1+1

0.0.1

• Initial release of the extension.

Developer Notes

If you'd like to contribute, here are tips on getting started:

• fork/clone the source as normal
• make changes to the syntaxes/65816.tmLanguage file and save
• hit F5 to open an extension host running the highlighter to test your changes on some real source code
• commit, push, PR

Publishing notes at https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension