Spectrum Computing

I’m about to begin a project porting a game written in BASIC to my Spectrum.

I am a MAC user and it looks like my best option is

-ZXBasic
-Sublime syntax highlighting
-FUSE

I looked at the Kliveide project but it is not stable and I had issues with it on my M1 iMac

Was just wondering if any other Mac users had decent workflows for developing and testing in pure Spectrum basic?

I don’t really program in BASIC, but for the few tests I occasionally do, I use bas2tap in TextMate. Not sure how it’ll play along with M1 Macs, though.

Are there any other text editors (preferably open source/free ones) that support BASIC syntax highlighting?

My setup, although I haven’t touched my project in a long time was:

- Boriel
- MacVIM to edit
- FUSE to play

M1 macbook pro:

I use Parallels to install Win10. Then BasinC to edit and debug.

Not the best option, but you can try zxcoder.org.
It's main advantage is that is web based and you can work from anywhere (tablet etc) .
I use it in conjuction with pastebin or other similar sites to always have my work online and accesible from anywhere.

Twig wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:43 am Are there any other text editors (preferably open source/free ones) that support BASIC syntax highlighting?

I don’t know if Sublime Text is still available as a trial version, but I used that version for a long time.
(Before I bought a proper license because now I’m using it on a daily basis.)

The Sinclair BASIC package from TextMate works there, and can even generate tap files.
I haven’t tried bas2tap on my M1 machine yet. Probably it needs to be compiled from source.

firelord wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:30 am Not the best option, but you can try zxcoder.org.
It's main advantage is that is web based and you can work from anywhere (tablet etc) .
I use it in conjuction with pastebin or other similar sites to always have my work online and accesible from anywhere.

It boggles my mind how well-made and convenient this programming environment is. I really feel like it should be more popular and discussed. It is just excellent.

GRC7800 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:31 pm It boggles my mind how well-made and convenient this programming environment is. I really feel like it should be more popular and discussed. It is just excellent.

In the beggining it also supported Boriel Basic but the author told me he had some issues.

There is the ZX-Basic syntax highlighter for Visual Studio Code. I've only used it for reading BASIC listings but it looks nice: https://github.com/jsanjose/zxbasic-vscode

I've previously used bas2tap which worked fine. I'm not sure if I've compiled it since upgrading to an M2 but I can't image why it would fail; it's very standard C.