Coding workflow on a Mac
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 1:05 am
Hi Everyone. I just got back into programming the Dragon after 37 years away from it. I'm using XRoar 0.33.2 on a Mac laptop running OS 10.12.6. It has been great fun!
First, I'd just like to thank Ciaran for doing an amazing job on XRoar - it has been a joy to get back into it all again.
My first question is about coding workflow. Does anyone know if there is a way of using an external editor to write basic programs which can then be loaded and run on the XRoar Dragon? As I'm sure you know, it's pretty difficult to edit a large program on a 32x16 screen. Moving code blocks around is particularly difficult. I have been writing code in TextEdit and manually entering it into the Dragon, which is quite a slow process. Is there any software which can add the appropriate headers so that it can be CLOADed as an ASCII file, for example? Being able to go the other way would also be useful (something which strips the headers out of an ASCII file, or using the printer output, for example). If not, are there any other approaches which people find helpful?
Thanks
First, I'd just like to thank Ciaran for doing an amazing job on XRoar - it has been a joy to get back into it all again.
My first question is about coding workflow. Does anyone know if there is a way of using an external editor to write basic programs which can then be loaded and run on the XRoar Dragon? As I'm sure you know, it's pretty difficult to edit a large program on a 32x16 screen. Moving code blocks around is particularly difficult. I have been writing code in TextEdit and manually entering it into the Dragon, which is quite a slow process. Is there any software which can add the appropriate headers so that it can be CLOADed as an ASCII file, for example? Being able to go the other way would also be useful (something which strips the headers out of an ASCII file, or using the printer output, for example). If not, are there any other approaches which people find helpful?
Thanks