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TassyJim Guru  Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
MM Edit is now in colour. You can now have Colour syntax highlighting Uppercase keywords White space markers (help solve text alignment issues) Bookmarks and pop-up help. 
The Help files can be edited to cater for new commands or errors. Duinomite users have their own help files although they are initially exactly the same as the Maximite files. (I don't have any Duinomites to play with) I have also made improvements to the code routines to make the adding and removing linenumbers much more reliable. You can now edit your code with or without line numbers and swap between the two as often as you like. Timing issues that I had using XMODEM have been resolved so the File Manager is much better to use. The program still throws a fit if you unplug your Maximite while the communications windows are open. I have tried without sucess to communicate with a Maximite when using Wine under Ubuntu. I am not sure if it's MMedit or my lack of understanding of Ubuntu. I can find the device and create a symbolic link for Wine to use but I have not been able to get it working. The rest of MMedit does appear to run OK under Wine so if anyone can get it talking, I will be very interested. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Wow, good work Jim. I'll give it a go later. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Ray B Senior Member  Joined: 16/02/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 219 |
The popup help especially is impressive. Can you copy / paste from the pop-up help window? What I'm thinking is there could be sample examples of the use of the instruction from where a copy/paste could be performed down into the code being written. Nice work Jim. Shows the might of Liberty Basic. RayB from Perth WA |
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| Ray B Senior Member Joined: 16/02/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 219 |
Jim further to my post above when I run the program, load a pre-existing bit of code, place the mouse over an instruction e.g. GOSUM , Click the Command Help button a window pops up "Sorry no help for" obviously I don't have a help file linked. Can you give a bit of an explanation Thanks RayB from Perth WA |
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Keith @ Senior Member Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 167 |
Ray not sure if this applies but looks promising... from Don's web site DuinoMite "help" Command: Unzip and save the help zip files onto your SD card in B:\help and type "help" without the quotes. Don had a picture of the main window from MMIDE .... have a look on this web page http://www.dontronics-shop.com/olimex-duinomite.html Keith The more we know, the more we know we don't know ! |
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| Keith @ Senior Member Joined: 19/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 167 |
Yep I looked further and the help files are at http://www.themaximitecomputer.com/max/Programs/index.php?di r=Hardware%2FDontronics%2FOlimex%2FCommand+Help%2F in the zip file Keith The more we know, the more we know we don't know ! |
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| Ray B Senior Member Joined: 16/02/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 219 |
Keith I don't know if you have Jim's MM Edit program running but from what your suggesting it seems to relate to the program MMIDE which I believe is a different program by CircuitGizmos albeit a good source of a command help file. Jim's screen image above shows the help info in MM Edit itself. Keith thanks for the hint. RayB from Perth WA |
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| rhamer Senior Member Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 174 |
Hi Jim, Can you tell me about the syntax highlighting module. I have a project where I need to use one, but all the ones I have found are quite expensive. Cheers Rohan Rohan Hamer HAMFIELD Software & Hardware Solutions Makers of the Maximite Expander. http://www.hamfield.com.au |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
Ray, To get the help you need to highlight the keyword rather than hover the mouse. I did try hovering but the code was too unwieldy. GOSUM sounds like a DM command and I have not done any DM specific code yet. Or did you mean GOSUB? The F1 key usually works but when you have one of the communications winds open it interferes with things so it is sometimes disabled. Rohan, All the fancy code formatting is done thanks to http://scintilla.org/ It uses windows messaging to do all the work. FUNCTION SendMessage(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam)
calldll #user32, "SendMessageA",_ hWnd as ulong,_ msg as long, _ wParam as long,_ lParam as long, _ SendMessage as long END FUNCTION I program in Liberty Basic and the link between the two was started by others making my work relatively easy. MMide is different. It is a better choice if you want an alternative to TeraTerm. MMedit uses a split screen when connected to your MM/DM and that is not as good for interactive work. Jim The wife thinks I need to get out more..... VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| Ray B Senior Member Joined: 16/02/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 219 |
Jim thanks to the reference to http://scintilla.org/ interesting site, something more to digest.... Yes my GOSUM was a typo - should have been GOSUB. Re the contents of the Syntax Help pop up box where is the definition of the string being looked up being defined to the contents of the pop up box stored. Specifically can a user directly access / edit / add to this lookup table. RayB from Perth WA |
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| rhamer Senior Member Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 174 |
Thanks Jim, I'll take a look. Cheers Rohan Rohan Hamer HAMFIELD Software & Hardware Solutions Makers of the Maximite Expander. http://www.hamfield.com.au |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
From the help file: /quote MM Edit Version 1.5 Page 6 of 11 The Syntax help file can be edited and new commands can be added. The files are located in the data directory which can be located by selecting 'About' from the Help menu. MMcmndlist.dat is the Maximite Command list. DMcmndlist.dat is the Duinomite Command list. The commands do not have to be in alphabetical order. Some commands are added as part names as well as in full to allow highlighting as you type. Eg 'LEFT LEFT$ LEFT$(' MMsyntaxhelp.dat is the Maximite Help file. DMsyntaxhelp.dat is the Duinomite Help file. Each entry consists of 5 or more lines ### ABS( ABS( number ) Returns the absolute value of 'number'. ABS(-6) will return 6. The first line must be '###' The second line is the keyword. When searching the list of keywords, MMedit will also accept part words. 'ABS' and 'ABS(' both bring up the 'ABS(' help. This makes highlighting words/commands easier. The 3rd line is currently blank. Future versions will use this line as an index to a more detailed Help file. The following lines are for the help text. Correct syntax is usually the first line and the remaining lines are for examples. This format doesn't suit some commands so (almost) anything goes. At the time of writing, both versions are the same but users can edit the files to allow for differences. /end quote I suggest you make a copy first or use the DM list to play with. To test your changes, simply change from Maximite to Duinomite Syntax and back in the View menu to cause the program to read the new/altered file. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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marcwolf Senior Member Joined: 08/06/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 119 |
I'm using Windows 7 32bit When I run MM Edit I am getting a Smalltalk\V error and this is in the ERROR.LOG Error log timestamp 11/16/2011 12:45:8 The registers were: EIP = 0x005b020d ESP = 0x0012fea8 EBP = 0x00000000 EAX = 0x01994444 EBX = 0xffffe001 ECX = 0x00000100 EDX = 0x773e70b4 EDI = 0x00000001 ESI = 0x01994444 CS = 0x0000001b DS = 0x00000023 ES = 0x00000023 SS = 0x00000023 End Registers Error log timestamp 11/16/2011 12:45:08 Message 1001: a non-continuable protection violation has occurred. Check ERROR.LOG file. Coding Coding Coding.. Keep those keyboards coding.. RAW CODE!!!!! |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
A non-continuable protection violation is Windows' way of protecting us from rouge software and to make life difficult for program developers. Visa made the setting too tight but they relaxed things a bit for Windows7. My W7 has the default setting and all is well but some PC suppliers had things set tight. You can either change your settings or install MMedit into a folder that is NOT in 'Program Files' Please check you DEP settings and if is not set to essential Windows programs only, that is the problem. If you want to leave it set for all programs you can add MMedit as an exception or go the other folder method. The easiest way to find DEP is to search Windows Help for DEP. DEP stands for Data Execution Prevention. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| marcwolf Senior Member Joined: 08/06/2009 Location: AustraliaPosts: 119 |
Many thanks for that Jim. I disabled DEP on MMEdit and it runs now Take Care Dave Coding Coding Coding.. Keep those keyboards coding.. RAW CODE!!!!! |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
Hi Jim, Just got your new colour MMEdit going last night and I'm pretty impressed. It certainly makes pushing things back and forward and editing things a lot easier. Here are a couple of points you might like to look at - or not! - the white space markers on my 15.25" (1280X800) screen can hardly be seen; can you make them a bit bigger? - the indent toggle doesn't seem to do anything; am I missing something here? - I read the whole PDF User Guide beforehand (and previously Geoff Graham's driver install guide) but somehow missed the bit about how to set the COM port number in MMEdit. I installed the SC driver without trouble (XP SP2) but then was lost as to where to insert the number in MMEdit. Finally figured it and then felt a bit dumb! I think the couple of lines at the bottom of page 2 could do with expanding a bit - as it is, the COM port number entry is almost an aside. I'd add to the line starting "Run the installer....." with two or three lines describing how to get the port number and insert it into MMEdit. Also, the last two lines of page 2 that say "The first time you run MMEDIt you have to configure....", caught me for a while too because I thought I'd missed a special screen that only ever came up once  I then found "Configure" in the "File" drop box and realised I didn't have to re-install everything again to get that "First time.." screen - duh..
Congrats on a very helpful addition to the MM/DM family. Greg |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
I tried to make the White Space markers bigger but failed. I know the command but can't work out why it doesn't do anything. The code I am using is complex and the documentation is not very clear. I am still working on it. To see the indent toggle at work: make sure you are in the 'no line number mode' and hit TAB a couple of times at the beginning of a line. There should be a vertical line at the TAB indent. Useful for keeping track of nested routines. I hope to add an 'autoindent' command which does all the indenting for you. I use that a lot in Liberty Basic and find it great for finding missing ENDIF's etc. Re the configuring the COM port. Ideally, I will bring up the configure window if you try and connect to the MM with the wrong port. I am still working on a way of auto-detecting the MM or at least reducing the list of ports to choose from. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
I tried to make the White Space markers bigger but failed. I know the command but can't work out why it doesn't do anything. The code I am using is complex and the documentation is not very clear. I am still working on it. OK, I'll look forward to that. To see the indent toggle at work: make sure you are in the 'no line number mode' and hit TAB a couple of times at the beginning of a line. There should be a vertical line at the TAB indent. Useful for keeping track of nested routines. You're dead right! Would you believe I was just placing the cursor and then clicking the toggle box thinking it would both tab and mark automatically. No problem once you know how.
I hope to add an 'autoindent' command which does all the indenting for you. I use that a lot in Liberty Basic and find it great for finding missing ENDIF's etc. Yes, I do the same with Small Basic, it's very handy. Re the configuring the COM port. Ideally, I will bring up the configure window if you try and connect to the MM with the wrong port. I am still working on a way of auto-detecting the MM or at least reducing the list of ports to choose from. Sounds a good approach - but it would still be worthwhile users knowing what they're actually doing, i.e. connecting to. It doesn't need much of an addition to the PDF file, just a short description of how to get the port number and then where to put it in MMedit. Then a slight re-word of the last sentence on page 2 so users know it can be added at any time before trying to talk to the MM/DM. I think my problem with the last bit wasn't helped by the screen shot being on the next page, but modifying the current wording would fix the problem. Greg (fellow (Melb expat) Tasmanian going home for Xmas and fishing at Coles Bay!) Jim |
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| TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6097 |
Greg, I have resolved the White Space marker problem. The dll I was using was out of date. I just need to test the new dll to make sure there are no new problems. I have also added a colour background for the white space to make it really stand out. Jim VK7JH MMedit MMBasic Help |
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| paceman Guru Joined: 07/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1329 |
Jim, Nice one - that was quick! Don't get into trouble with the significant other coming up to Xmas though; we can all wait a few days! Greg |
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