Latenite - 1.0.6.1 Update [Monday 20/08/2007]

lloydkirk1989 · Post by **lloydkirk1989** » Thu 01 Dec, 2005 4:28 am

Hmm...whenver i to create a new 'empty project' I can't seem to choose what platform I want to build for.

Post by **benryves** » Thu 01 Dec, 2005 10:31 am

lloydkirk1989 wrote:Hmm...whenver i to create a new 'empty project' I can't seem to choose what platform I want to build for.

That's because it's, well, empty. Build scripts are tied to a particular project. With an empty project you need to create the .cmd build scripts yourself, and you an add them to the Build menu by going File->Project Properties and selecting the Build tab (you then tick the scripts you want to be visible). The TI projects all have a Compile.cmd that runs the basic build process, and TI-*.cmd files that set the #define TI* directive inside the target file before running Compile.cmd.

And you should read this Ben

That's awesome.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Thu 01 Dec, 2005 3:36 pm

benryves wrote:That's awesome.

It is indeed

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Fri 02 Dec, 2005 9:50 am

A few more ideas that I got from Chaos assembler (that doesn't seem to run in WinXP):

- Built in sprite editor
- Bitmap/Pic0-9 import as .db
- Link manager (with "Build and send" option)
- Group/ungroup functionality

lloydkirk1989 · Post by **lloydkirk1989** » Fri 02 Dec, 2005 4:25 pm

sorry if this has already asked, but do you plan on adding ti-83+ app dev support?

Post by **benryves** » Fri 02 Dec, 2005 6:41 pm

lloydkirk1989 wrote:sorry if this has already asked, but do you plan on adding ti-83+ app dev support?

That can be arranged with a project template; it's not an actual part of the IDE itself. I don't know how to assemble apps myself... so you'll have to wait a bit until I work out how.

lloydkirk1989 · Post by **lloydkirk1989** » Sat 03 Dec, 2005 4:39 am

It would probably be easiest to use Dwedit's App Kit.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun 04 Dec, 2005 2:38 am

What version of the .NET framework do I need to run this?

EDIT: Seems to be version 2 according to an earlier page.

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun 04 Dec, 2005 10:32 pm

Sorry to double post, but this is a new topic.

When I ran it for the first time, it said it couldn't find .../Latenite/Templates/Projects. So I created Templates and dropped projects in it. Then it said it couldn't find .../Latenite/Templates/Projects/Files so I created a folder called files and put it in projects. Then I tried to create a new project called test. It said test.lnp doesn't exist. I said "I know, stupid machine, I am trying to create it!". It said, "I will crash now, BEEoooo" and then I clicked "Don't Send". XP users will know what that's like. So I re-opened and opened the lnp file that was included and switched the tab over to the included test file and hit compile. It said something about not being installed correctly (which was odd considering I didn't install anything) and so I quit.

Now Ben, I know real programmers love workspaces and projects and packages, I just want fancy notepad with a compile button. Can you make an option to just open a source file and hit compile? That would be exactly what most people would do, especially considering that there is really not too much of a need for workspaces and projects.

That being said (I feel better now), I really like the look and feel of it, the syntax highlighting is awesome, and the LOGO. That thing is orgasmic. Keep up the good work.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Sun 04 Dec, 2005 10:47 pm

You probably only downloaded version 0.0.2.1. You're supposed to unzip version 0.0.2.0 and unzip 0.0.2.1 over that. That's like a patch, because this is a work in progress.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Sun 04 Dec, 2005 11:04 pm

Ehm... Ben...

I have tried overwriting the Latenite 0.0.2.0 (1.0.2.1 according to the splash screen) - the latest version that doesn't work for me - TASM and tasm80.tab with the ones from 0.0.1.0 (1.0.0.0 according to the splash screen) - the one that works. No success, still crashed.
I tried using the includes from the old version instead of the new ones, still no success.
Then I also copied the build scripts from the old version in a project root of my new Latenite, together with my source and the old include files, selected the right source to build and the right scripts to use, and it compiled

So something in the new build scripts makes TASM crash on me. I'm not sure if that is in combination with the new includes or not, but I'm not sure how to seperate the two without fucking more things up. I also very much don't understand why I am the only one who seems to have this problem. The only thing I DO know is that I can prove that it's something in the build scripts (and includes?) that makes TASM crash on me, and not my computer (at least not JUST my computer) or the Latenite binary.

Hope this helps you in solving the mystery

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Sun 04 Dec, 2005 11:08 pm

Timendus wrote:You probably only downloaded version 0.0.2.1. You're supposed to unzip version 0.0.2.0 and unzip 0.0.2.1 over that. That's like a patch, because this is a work in progress.

Ah, testes. That must be the problem.

blueskies · Post by **blueskies** » Mon 05 Dec, 2005 5:38 am

threefingeredguy wrote:Ah, testes.

LOL! That made my night.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Mon 05 Dec, 2005 6:52 pm

Things I think you should add:

- "New file" option that generates a new empty asm template
- macro definitions for bcallnc, bcallc, bcallz and bcallnz

Post by **benryves** » Mon 05 Dec, 2005 7:04 pm

Timendus wrote:Things I think you should add:

- "New file" option that generates a new empty asm template
- macro definitions for bcallnc, bcallc, bcallz and bcallnz

Good ideas

The default templates could do with a lot of work, I admit. They shall have to be changed to accomodate Brass, in any case.
At the moment, Latenite development is pretty limited to minor tweaks (or, if a major bug appears, bugfixes). I am only one person, and getting a TASM-strength assembler that I can maintain is pretty important to Latenite's progress.

@threefingeredguy: Sorry if it's a little complicated, but at the cost of being able to tailor build scripts on a per-project basis I have to lose some of the "generic build script" aspect. At least with Brass you should be able to output binaries for the calc with a single command-line argument, removing some of the complexity of the build scripts (and coupled with Timendus's idea of new file templates, it should be even easier).
The IDE relies too heavily on a project structure, I'm afraid.