"my" Assembly Ide With Syntax Highlighting :)

[David]

I was looking for a good PHP editor the other day on the Internet and stumbled upon a program called Crimson Editor which is freeware. I was satisfied with it. One of the good features it has is syntax highlighting for multiple source types, including Z80 asm.
However, this highlighting wasn't adapted for TI-83 Plus asm as we now it, so I modified the markup files according to my demands. Here's a sample of how a highlighted file can look.

As you see, it highlights rom calls, Z80 instructions, TASM instructions, preprocessor directives, comments, strings and RAM addresses defined in ti83plus.inc.

Here's brief description of how you can set up an IDE for TI-83 Plus asm programming

• Go to Crimson Editor, download and run the installer.
  
• Download syntaxfiles.zip, which is attached to this post.
  
• 3. Extract extension.asm to C:\Program\Crimson Editor\link. (Yes, you should
  overwrite the existing extension.asm).Asm.key and asm.spc go to C:\Program\Crimson Editor\spec
  
• Start Crimson Editor and open a source code file to verify that the stuff works.
  

Earlier I used to write the source code in ZDS as it syntax highlighted the files, then I used TASM to compile it. Switching between ZDS and the DOS prompt is annoying and steals time. What is really good with Crimson Editor is that you eliminate this step. So I added the regular asm.bat file as my user tool 1. Go to Tools->Configure user tools.

To get it working, please fill it in as follows. Of course you could use another path name than
me. The keyboard shortcut is also up to you. "Save before execute" should be checked. You may find it convenient to enable capture of output, then no MS-DOS window will pop up. Instead,
you will see the output of asm.bat in the window in crimson editor. Exactly like ZDS shows assembler messages I'm really pleased; when I'm programming normal asm programs, I just have to hit ALT+A and it will assemble like a breeze. A big difference, when you consider that I earlier had to

1. Save source in ZDS
2. ALT+TAB to switch to DOS prompt
3. Press the up-arrow key to recall the last command I typed.
4. Hit enter to compile
5. Switch back to ZDS

[John Barrus]

How much harder would it be to configure it to programming in ION?

[David]

Well, that should be no problem, I think Just use the the batch file that comes with ION to assemble, and it will work fine.

EDIT: Nice to see you again, John!

[John Barrus]

Great! It beats notepad, that's for sure.

Nice to see you too!

[omni]

what your asm.bat look like david?
What does it mean by argument?(the help file didn't help because i dont know computer terminology too well.

[JacobdeHaan]

Cool!
Before, I used UltraEdit (recommended by ASMGuru)
But this might be better, I'll check it out, thanks!

[AlienCC]

This thread brings back some memories for me...I used to use UltraEdit to program my TI-82/85 assembly programs.

Now, given the things I have learned over the last 3 years(?) when my last asm program was released...I'd probably use vim today.

You have to understand that 95% of all the work I do is over a ssh connection using the bash shell environment, and vim is simply the best editor to use for such an occassion (IMHO). If you know the nifty shortcuts it easily transpires into one of the most powerful editors, and you never have to leave the keyboard to click on things which can save lots of time. Today most of what I program are shell scripts, perl scripts, and perl-cgi, all of which I create using vim.

Don't get me wrong, UltraEdit was great when I used it, and I own a full licensed copy of it today, but it has been some time since I've even had it installed. I hope this Crimson Editor turns out to be twice as good as it appears, but if not, there is always the gui version of vim which does support highlighting of several languages, you can create your own definitions if you're ambitious enough...and it is opensource!

--AlienCC

[John Barrus]

Wow, this editor is amazing! Thanks for adapting the syntax files David.

Alien, where do you get vim?

[AlienCC]

You can get VIM from here: http://www.vim.org/

Plenty more information on it there...enjoy!

--AlienCC

[David]

[MaxVT103]

I know this has been up on a post for a while. But I was learning c just so I could make something like this. Thankyou for finding this and adapting it

[JacobdeHaan]

After using it for a week now, I've determined that this program is better than UltraEdit in most aspects, except that UE supported the ASM labels, and I don't think Crimson Editor does.

[oktal]

Why can't I get permission to download this file?

[Xeda112358]

Did you try downloading this before registering? Also note that this thread is about 8 years old.

And also, welcome to the forums!