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Template build environment for MSX Turbo Pascal with MS Visual Code IDE integration

msx-pascal-project-template

Template build environment for Turbo Pascal with MS Visual Code IDE integration

This Make script will compile with Turbo Pascal 3.3f to a MSX-dos compatible COM file, even on a Windows 10 machine. It works completely stand-alone, and includes setting files to integrate with MS Visual Code. Runs on Windows Vista and later (tested), probably runs on all NT versions since it also works on ReactOS! Running MAKE.BAT creates a DSK file in the build folder. The included PAS file is a simple Hello World application.

When using MS Visual Code editor, open the folder; the tasks.json has a default build task with problem matcher, so compiler errors are handled (SHIFT+CTRL+B). Install Pascal language from the marketplace for correct formatting (in the settings.json, the .inc file type is already set to be Pascal syntax, you may want to add other file types depending how you call your include files)

(When using the option to create a floppy image .DSK file, you may need a specific Microsoft VC Runtime Library when you receive an error message about a missing DLL)

The project includes: vDOS - https://www.vdos.info

dsktool by Ricardo Bittencourt, Updated 2010 by Tony Cruise

Turbo Pascal 3.3f MSX Computer Club Enschede 1993

msx-pascal-project-template's Issues

Nosupport for Overlay files

Need to add support for Overlay files (.00n) that the compiler can create.

Unexpected compilation errors in DOSBox

A user reported unexpected errors during compilation of an extremely simple and completely legitimate program that just assigned some sprite string values.
Further investigation shows that DOSBox does not handle TP3.exe file reads correctly; the file is read in apparently random chunks.

Create ROM files as build output

Would be nice to be able to compile directly to ROM image for fast loading

Command line arguments: launch emulator

Create command line argument handling for make.bat to launch emulators and override global_vars settings.

make.bat incorrectly handles compiler error text with ')'

Compiler error text:

> MSX.INC
> 199
> 39
> 5
> ')' expected
> �

results in:

Sat 07/07/2018-15:16:08.12-[make]: Compiler error:
' was unexpected at this time.

Which is not handled by the problemmatcher

settings.json error This setting cannot be applied now.

After copying project to new folder, open folder and save as workspace, error:
This setting cannot be applied now. It will be applied when you open this folder directly.
Applies to:L

{
    "files.associations": {
        "*.inc": "pascal"
    }  
}

Using temporary file temp.pas not necessery

now that the DOSComp.bat file is generated at compile time, there is no need to create a temp.pas file. That wuld not work when using Tubro Pascal "overlay" functions anyway so it needs to go.