High level BASIC dialect emulates Visual Basic features transpiled to MSX-BASIC
Install Python 3.8.x and pip, the package installer for Python, then execute the following command:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
You might want to install virtualenv and do it inside a controlled environment to avoid messing with your system:
virtualenv venv -p python3
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
To execute the test routine, execute the unittest module on the root directory:
python3 -m unittest
Executing HitBasic without parameters returns the following help message:
$ ./hb
usage: hb [-h] (-t | --version | -c .ASC infile [.ASC infile ...] | -s) [-o outfile] [-p] [-d] [-g] [-b n] [-i n] [-n] [-l n] [-k]
HitBasic transpiles high level Visual Basic like language into MSX-BASIC.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t, --tests run collection of tests
--version display version and finishes
-c .ASC infile [.ASC infile ...]
compile source from infile(s)
-s, --stdin transpile to MSX-BASIC program from standard input
override default configuration:
-o outfile, --output outfile
write into outfile (default: out.asc)
-p, --pretty-print generate code in pretty-print version (default)
-d, --debug raise exception all the way up if it happens (for debugging)
-g, --graphviz generate Graphviz files program_parse_tree.dot and program_parser_model.dot
-b n, --begin n begin line number at n (default: 10)
-i n, --increment n set line number increments by n (default: 10)
-n, --no-decl no need to declare scalar variables with Dim before using them
-l n, --line-size n maximum line size (default: 254)
-k, --tokenize generate tokenized MSX-BASIC output
For bug report, suggestions, praises or complains, please go to: <https://github.com/pvmm/hitbasic>.
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The transpiler reads standard input with the -s parameter or it can read .ASC (ASCII source code) files with the -c parameter and generate code in "pretty-print" format and debug information with the -d parameter.
$ ./hb -s
for i 1 to 20
print i
next i
* NoMatch error: Expected '(' or '=' at position (1, 7) => 'for i *1 to 20 pr'.
The docs directory contains specifications of what constitutes a valid HitBasic program.