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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #885 on: April 29, 2013, 09:21:14 pm »
Stuff I intend on fixing later:
I found another bug with Axe compilation. Unlike Axe, zStart doesn't check whether a program is compilable or not, so you can accidentally compile another source file (e. g. a file with subroutines etc.) which is not meant to be compiled as the main program by Axe. It causes Axe to crash or compile another program (like the one directly above or below (?) in the program list). Of course you can avoid this by not doing the On + Sto-> in the wrong place but it happened multiple times when I didn't watch out.

I believe I've fixed this problem from the Axe end for Axe 1.2.2.

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #886 on: April 30, 2013, 11:11:47 am »
Kind of update:
  • fixed the issue with it freezing on inputs
  • fixed crashing when trying to install on the wrong OS
  • fixed (probably) the C000 issue a few people had on 83+BE's
  • fixed an issue involving interrupts and port (07)




Stuff I intend on fixing later:
I came across this "bug" multiple times now:
When you turn off the calculator while you're editing an archived program (the copy of one), and zStart wants to store the edited version and GarbageCollect appears, the LCD turns off and and it doesn't react on any key presses (calc behaves like turned off, but it isn't) before you can do a GarbageCollect. You need to remove the batteries and lose the current progress which is kinda annoying :/
Is there someway you can prevent the calc (or its peripherals) from turning off when the program isn't saved yet?
Can we have find|replace?
I found another bug with Axe compilation. Unlike Axe, zStart doesn't check whether a program is compilable or not, so you can accidentally compile another source file (e. g. a file with subroutines etc.) which is not meant to be compiled as the main program by Axe. It causes Axe to crash or compile another program (like the one directly above or below (?) in the program list). Of course you can avoid this by not doing the On + Sto-> in the wrong place but it happened multiple times when I didn't watch out.


If after a few days, there are no glaring mistakes in this, I'll upload it to ticalc.org finally.
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I'll update as soon as I get a hand on a SilverLink (read: this weekend D:)

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #887 on: April 30, 2013, 06:53:42 pm »
Nice!
I'll download it in a bit more than a month, I already sent some stuff (including my z80 calc) back to germany......

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #888 on: May 01, 2013, 02:20:28 am »
Thanks for the update, just downloaded it and it works great. ;)

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #889 on: May 03, 2013, 12:01:31 am »
Just caught up on the last 9 pages and updated, looking good :)
Tho it might be worth changing the text in-app for the version number :P

So are there plans to integrate/do something similar to xeda's MenuKey? On+# doesn't do anything in the program editor anyways.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #890 on: May 03, 2013, 05:19:12 am »
Nice!
I'll download it in a bit more than a month, I already sent some stuff (including my z80 calc) back to germany......

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #891 on: May 03, 2013, 12:07:42 pm »
Just caught up on the last 9 pages and updated, looking good :)
Tho it might be worth changing the text in-app for the version number :P

Oops, I thought I changed that.

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So are there plans to integrate/do something similar to xeda's MenuKey? On+# doesn't do anything in the program editor anyways.

You know, what I should do is have a separate set of shortcut keys for the program editor. This shouldn't be too difficult. It'll be a little sketchy when you save them, but other than that, I don't see any major problems.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #892 on: May 03, 2013, 02:47:58 pm »
Where is the update?
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #893 on: May 03, 2013, 03:18:57 pm »
Where is the update?
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #894 on: May 04, 2013, 02:23:09 pm »
cool i downloadet it its really great
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #895 on: May 06, 2013, 10:20:40 pm »
I've found that some of the ion routines don't quite work as i thought, for example ionPutSprite doesn't seem to be drawing to the gbuf. I think it's because you have ld de,$FE79 (TilEm2 calls it symTable+19) instead of ld de,($FE79) in the putSprite routine. I haven't tested out the 83+ version yet, but i'll do that soon :) Thanks for the update!

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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #896 on: May 06, 2013, 11:59:55 pm »
I've found that some of the ion routines don't quite work as i thought, for example ionPutSprite doesn't seem to be drawing to the gbuf. I think it's because you have ld de,$FE79 (TilEm2 calls it symTable+19) instead of ld de,($FE79) in the putSprite routine. I haven't tested out the 83+ version yet, but i'll do that soon :) Thanks for the update!

Oops, fixed that. Tomorrow I'll probably upload the version to ticalc.org, so that will have the update.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #897 on: May 07, 2013, 03:35:49 pm »
Not sure if this has been asked for before, but would it be possible to bring omnicalc's line-clearing behavior to the program editor?
What it does is if you go to the middle of a line and press clear, it only clears after the cursor.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #898 on: May 07, 2013, 04:35:04 pm »
Not sure if this has been asked for before, but would it be possible to bring omnicalc's line-clearing behavior to the program editor?
What it does is if you go to the middle of a line and press clear, it only clears after the cursor.

That probably isn't that hard to implement. In fact, I believe the OS first does an omnicalc clear, and then backtracks the cursor. So I could probably just use the first part of their clearing routine.
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Re: zStart - an app that runs on ram clears
« Reply #899 on: May 07, 2013, 04:58:11 pm »
Could you have the lowercase alpha enabled as an option? I hardly ever use it, and it is annoying to have to hit alpha twice to cancel instead of just once.
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