Are there any well known tutorials for learning Axe Parser? Most of the tutorials that I have looked into are incomplete.
Or, would it just be better to try to self-teach and learn the commands through using them?

Thanks.

Reading the included Documentation.pdf, although it's somewhat outdated and certainly doesn't cover every language feature, is probably the best introduction to the language. I'd also recommend reading Changes.pdf, which can be found in the Axe 1.0.0 release (but don't actually use Axe 1.0.0), as it details some important language features added with that release that aren't covered in the main documentation.

After reading both of these, I would finally recommend looking through Commands.html, which is the exhaustive language feature/command list, and pick out and play with commands that interest you. This document is by far the most useful language reference, and I recommend always having it on hand while using and still learning the language. Some people just view it in their browser, some people print it out, and now, thanks to @E37, you can even view it right on your calculator (get it via the first attachment to that post, AxeDoc.zip).

There's also one excellent, very comprehensive Axe tutorial, but there's a slight caveat: it is written in French. Although there will be some annoying translation errors, I believe that running through it with a browser-based translation service is still the best comprehensive Axe tutorialization experience there is.

Oh boy... well this might be a bit of a bummer.

Just to verify that you actually have a TI-84+ C Silver Edition: your calculator looks like this, correct (though it may have an accent color other than black)?



Most programs/applications written for the older, monochrome TI-83+/84+, including Axe, are incompatible with the newer TI-84+ C Silver Edition (TI-84+CSE for short). The TI-84+CSE was TI's first foray into a color model in the 83+/84+ line, and not a very good one. It's more or less dead to TI, and to the community, being replaced by the newer and better TI-84+CE. The TI-84+CE has an up-and-comping on-calc compiler project similar to Axe, ICE, and has a great C toolchain (not on-calc), but the TI-84+CSE has nothing comparable.

When did you get this calculator? If you purchased it recently, I would honestly recommend attempting to return it and buying a TI-84+CE instead. If you can't do this, you're unfortunately stuck with a nice color screen but few good programs/applications to make use of it because the underlying hardware is horribly underpowered.

Oh wait... do you actually have a plain TI-84+? If so, that's totally fine for using Axe. The TI-84+SE is just a TI-84+ with more storage, which is mostly unnecessary.

If anything, you could sell the TI-84+CSE. For hobbyist usage, it's actually less useful than the older monochrome calculators (but the newer TI-84+CE is probably better than both).

axe uses the same token set as TI-BASIC, but the functionality associated with each token is completely different. commands attempt to use tokens with names appropriate for their functionality (like Circle( being used for drawing circles), but some commands can't be assigned this easily to an existing token name. thus, the axe application uses a token hook to override the names of those tokens in the interface.

if you check Commands.html, which runer mentioned above, you can see which axe tokens override which interface tokens (if any) by checking for the green text right-aligned in the commands column.

in order to enable these alternate names, then, send the axe application to your calculator, run it, and choose from there to install the token hook. this token hook can be disabled again from the same application, or it can be wiped during a ram clear, meaning you'll have to reinstall it any time your calculator crashes (which will probably be often, if you're messing around with axe for the first time). this process can be automated with an application called zStart ( http://www.ticalc.org/archives/files/fileinfo/429/42907.html ), which also has lots of other potentially useful functionality

have fun ^_^

you're welcome ^_^

and don't worry about being "productive"; just have fun! that's when productiveness is most likely to happen anyways

Sorry to be completely clueless, but, I am still unsure on how to enable token hooks for Axe. I assumed that there would be more detail on how to enable token hooks, but there was none, and the file "tokenhook" included in "Developers" of "Axe1.2.2a" is invalid, and cannot be installed onto a calculator. After searching the menus of the application itself, there is no option, or selection, that allows for installation of a different application. I have not yet installed MirageOS onto my calculator, so is that what I need here?

Sorry for the confusion. I was wrong to assume that tutorials would include material on this.

As a side note, no combination of words in Google's search engine yielded any results, either.

Thanks for the help, and sorry once again for being so clueless.

Okay. Thanks for the help, and sorry for not understanding your previous statement on how to install Axe's token hooks. I'm glad that you all have been so willing to help me get into this.

Thanks.

Edit (begin of second consecutive post):

I went through with some of the guides. I think I understand Axe a lot better now. But, I do have a few questions, still, for ease of use.
So, first. Is it possible to store data to a single nib, or nibble of data? If it is possible, how would I do so? This would be very helpful in gamemaking, with things like coins.
And, next. Is there a specific sprite editing tool for making files compatible with the TI-84+? If so, where can I download it? I feel like making nice title screens for games, but I don't know where to look.

Thanks for the help, and the tutorials.