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You would like the T3X language as an exercise to port stuff from Free Pascal too it. In a near future I plan to port two libre text adventures with it, Beyond

by anthk 5mo ago

You would like the T3X language as an exercise to port stuff from Free Pascal too it. In a near future I plan to port two libre text adventures with it, Beyond the Titanic and Supernova. If it fits under T3X, it might run in 'high end' CP/M systems out there. https://t3x.org/t3x/0/index.html https://t3x.org/t3x/0/index.html https://t3x.org/t3x/0/t3xref.html https://t3x.org/t3x/0/t3xref.html Beyond these Curses simple games, there's a 6502 assembler and disassembler among a Kim-1 simulator, Micro Common Lisps and whatnot.

pjmlp 5mo ago
Have to look into it, thanks.
- anthk 5mo ago
  Nice. A tip: there are 'modules' where are just helpers (strings, io) over main functions. Kinda like write vs printf in C, but easier to grasp. The cheatsheet will help you a lot. Another thing: setting up the compiler might be cumbersome, I might post a guide soon. I am not the author but making it compile well on some arches can be odd (openbsd/amd64) vs native code (fbsd, 32 bit linux)... nothing complex once you set it up once. My T3XDIR in the makefile and bin/ scripts it's set to $HOME/t3x0/lib and the bn PATH being set to $HOME/T3XDIR/bin in both Unix env vars and the scripts. It's a 10 minute setup, but after than you will just run tx0 -c -s file (file actually being file.t) and get a binary. Cross compiling for DOS or CP/M involve simlar flags. And it's cool as hell, as I translated Ladder into Spanish for some Spanish OpenBSD pubnix... and the same port will work in DOS too. On Titanic/Supernova, well, it was a former TP game ported to FPC, is not very complex, and tons of stuff could map 1:1 to t3x. The game might be too big for CP/M but for DOS it would be ideal (even by using the T3X 'big' libraries). The bundled cheatsheet (make will generate a cheatsheet.pdf file if you have groff) might help you. For instance, gotoxy can be written in T3X as con.move(x,y). You need to import the console library as: use console: con; Also, the WYOP book from the samepge comes with a good chunk of examples to play with in a ZIP file. Have fun.
- anthk 5mo ago
  Eh, I made a typo. The PATH for tcvm and tx0 should be $HOME/t3x0/bin.

by anthk 5mo ago

pjmlp 5mo ago

Have to look into it, thanks.

anthk 5mo ago
Nice. A tip: there are 'modules' where are just helpers (strings, io) over main functions. Kinda like write vs printf in C, but easier to grasp. The cheatsheet will help you a lot. Another thing: setting up the compiler might be cumbersome, I might post a guide soon. I am not the author but making it compile well on some arches can be odd (openbsd/amd64) vs native code (fbsd, 32 bit linux)... nothing complex once you set it up once. My T3XDIR in the makefile and bin/ scripts it's set to $HOME/t3x0/lib and the bn PATH being set to $HOME/T3XDIR/bin in both Unix env vars and the scripts. It's a 10 minute setup, but after than you will just run tx0 -c -s file (file actually being file.t) and get a binary. Cross compiling for DOS or CP/M involve simlar flags. And it's cool as hell, as I translated Ladder into Spanish for some Spanish OpenBSD pubnix... and the same port will work in DOS too. On Titanic/Supernova, well, it was a former TP game ported to FPC, is not very complex, and tons of stuff could map 1:1 to t3x. The game might be too big for CP/M but for DOS it would be ideal (even by using the T3X 'big' libraries). The bundled cheatsheet (make will generate a cheatsheet.pdf file if you have groff) might help you. For instance, gotoxy can be written in T3X as con.move(x,y). You need to import the console library as: use console: con; Also, the WYOP book from the samepge comes with a good chunk of examples to play with in a ZIP file. Have fun.
anthk 5mo ago
Eh, I made a typo. The PATH for tcvm and tx0 should be $HOME/t3x0/bin.