UltraEdit Syntax Highlighting

Technical Programming
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I got a wordfile for ultraedit which does some really nice Syntax highlighting for PBasic code. However, I’m trying to configure UltraEdit to have a button that automatically loads the code onto the robot. Is there a dos-based loader that I can use to completely tokenize and load a pbasic program file?

Just looking for a way to execute a single command to have the program loaded onto the robot controller.

The UltraEdit wordfile can be found here, by the way:
http://ultraedit.byondf1.com/downloads/wf/pbasic.txt

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I don’t know if this still works with the new editor, but in the old one you could download code by executing the command:

stampw.exe /COMX /Download sourcefile.bsx > errorLog.txt

where X is your com port number, sourcefile.bsx is the name of your source file, and errorLog.txt is the file you want error information to go.

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Wow.

Ok, this is pretty cool. There’s been some talk about writing a program that does syntax highlighting and stuff, but now there’s no need to.

UltraEdit has syntax highlighting for PBasic code, and it’s basically a full-fledged mini-IDE. Project support and all. What’s cool, however is the ability to execute an arbitrary command on the current file open in the editor. I’ve configured a tool that will automatically compile and download the file being edited to the stamp.

Attached is a screenshot if you’re interested, of syntax highlighting working after downloading the code to the stamp.

Finally, does anyone know if it’s possible to get slightly better messages from the command-line download process? UltraEdit has the intelligence to automatically take you to lines with errors on them, if it sees text like “Error on line 52”

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If you want to see all the command-line options for stampw, drop into a DOS prompt and execute:

stampw /?

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*Originally posted by Jeff McCune *
**Finally, does anyone know if it’s possible to get slightly better messages from the command-line download process? UltraEdit has the intelligence to automatically take you to lines with errors on them, if it sees text like “Error on line 52” **

If you did a full installation of the BASIC Stamp Editor, it installed a “Stamp Editor.PDF” file in its program directory (C:\Program Files\Parallax Inc\Stamp Editor v2.0 Beta 1, by default.) This document describes the message formats and error messages produced by the editor.

If you need the messages in a standard format, you’ll have to reformat them yourself. Shouldn’t be too hard if you are able to get UltraEdit to execute StampW.exe – just pipe its output through your custom filter to reformat it, and then let UltraEdit do its thing.

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Good call. I think I’m going to write a quick Perl hack to do just that. Thanks for the suggestions guys.

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Strange … Inside the PBASIC article in Nuts and Bolts this janurary, the author states the new editor boasts color editing.

Here’s a link - http://www.parallax.com/Downloads/Documentation/Nuts%20and%20Volts/NV93_PBASIC_Gets_A_Make-Over.pdf

Please tell me if I’m making a mistake, but aren’t our editors in black and white?

Thanks in advance,

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SWEET!!

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*Originally posted by Goya *
Please tell me if I’m making a mistake, but aren’t our editors in black and white?

This page says

A newer version is expected to be released in the next few weeks which will include the following additional features:

  • Color syntax highlighting which makes editing and debugging PBASIC programs much easier
  • Integrated online help file with new PBASIC command examples Conditional compilation directives
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even better!!