SourceCoder 2.5: Updates and Features

KermMartian · 11 Jun 2010

Since the early day of SourceCoder, when SourceCoder v1.0 was featured on ticalc.org in November 2005, it has gone through many iterations and changes. That first version was capable merely of parsing and showing the code for TI-83 and TI-83+ programs and a few other sundry formats, like images and lists. Since then, myriad additions have been made, from allowing users to edit programs online and then reconvert them to .8xps, to syntax coloring and rudimentary optimization, to a Javascript virtual "calculator" keypad to make finding tokens easier, to a postbot that takes the PasteBin concept one step further and can actively participate in optimization and debugging discussions. Recent discussions in the past week or two started by newcomer pilotmm and long-time community member Galandros prompted me to complete quite a few unfinished to-do items on the project, as well as make some long-overdue updates to the general user experience. Among the most significant changes since SourceCoder v2.0:

:: Completely re-styled virtual calculator keypad, now much spiffier and with complete menus including VARS and CATALOG.
:: From the editor, users can now specify whether output .8xp files should be edit-locked or unlocked, and whether each file should be marked for storage in RAM or Archive.
:: Cleaner and more concise SourceCoder start page, with better-functioning project tools.
:: Short sharing links available directly from the start page for easy copy/pasting to fora.
:: TI-84+ MathPrint tokens now supported.
:: Many updates and fixes to previous missing and poorly-translated tokens, both for source viewing and editing.
:: Improved "pretty" code for viewing to "functional" code for editing conversion
:: SourceCoder 2 postbot takes one to two seconds to post on community fora, down from 30-40 seconds per update.
:: Improved handling of automatic code indentation

Please give it a gander, let me know about any comments, suggestions, praise, or criticism that you have, and I hope it will become (or continue to be) a valuable tool in your TI-BASIC (or Axe?) programming arsenal. Here is a sample shared project; have fun.

Links

SourceCoder 2.5 (http://sc.cemetech.net)

Direct link to online editor

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KermMartian has just edited this program. The source code now reads:

Xeno_Cre8or · Posted: 11 Jun 2010 02:53:02 pm Post subject:

Next step for SC: adding a list of the "illegal" tokens like alpha, Chi-without-squared, etc.
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KermMartian · Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:19:22 pm Post subject:

Xeno_Cre8or · Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:20:39 pm Post subject:

comicIDIOT · Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:21:12 pm Post subject:

Hey, KermM. Perhaps the copyright codes could link to http://sc.cemetech.net rather than the long URL Confused

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KermMartian · Posted: 11 Jun 2010 03:31:20 pm Post subject:

DJ_O · Posted: 11 Jun 2010 04:56:18 pm Post subject:

Suggestion: When not using the code from HTML, ASCII, phpBBCode and InvisionBBCode, the copyright should still be appended at the end of the code and encourage people to include it. A lot of people just copy that version of the parsed code on forums.

Also SMFBBCode should be added since both phpBBCode and InvisionBBCode won't parse correctly on Omnimaga. (it's the only SMF TI board but there are a lot of SC users there)
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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 01:23:36 am Post subject:

DJ, good point, I'll double-check that all the necessary token translation is happening. ComicIDIOT, I changed that long link to sc.cemetech.net.

In other news, I spent about six or seven hours today learning about the backend of SMF and getting SourceCoder 2.5 to be able to post on SMF boards. On the practical side, this means that SourceCoder 2.5 will now work properly with Omnimaga, for example, and any other SMF boards that may get introduced to the community in the future. The full list of fora where SourceCoder has accounts and knows how to post:

>>http://www.cemetech.net/forum/
>>http://www.unitedti.org/
>>http://kvince83.tengun.net/maxboard/
>>http://s4.invisionfree.com/TIFreakware/
>>http://tifreakware.ath.cx/
>>http://www.omnimaga.org/
>>http://www.revsoft.org/phpBB2/
>>http://www.alex10819.com/forums/
>>http://rancidmoose.unitedti.org/forum/
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DJ_O · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 01:25:56 am Post subject:

Nice, I'm glad it can post on all those Smile

Now to figure out how to actually use this feature with new projects x.x
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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 01:27:21 am Post subject:

DJ_O · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 01:33:20 am Post subject:

What do I do in that page?

http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3474.0;attach=1673;image

EDIT: nvm, they are completly at the bottom below SAX. It might be nice to improve the cross-browser compatibility a little bit Razz

EDIT: Well, regardless of if the box is checked or not, I do not see any link for the forum post anywhere. :/
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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 08:59:47 am Post subject:

DJ_O · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 12:49:50 pm Post subject:

Ok I got a link, but then what do I do with the link? How do I specify which thread in particular on Omnimaga I want the bot to post in?

Also I noticed a parsing issue when opening my project. The code I had:

KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 12:53:18 pm Post subject:

Just post it in any topic, then when people click the link from that topic, it will know to post in that same topic. You never explicitly specify the topic to post in. And I will look into that parsing error.

Edit: DJ_Omni, I can't seem to replicate your problems, although I did see the saved project in the database. Can you tell me how you managed to make that happen?
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tifreak8x · Guru Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 9104 Location: Sol System

Possible suggestions:

Allow for 73 and 82 programs to be read and exported.

Project Folders. I would like to be able to organize my projects a bit better, if possible. Being able to move a file from one folder to another would be nice, as I would like to be able to share one program to compare another.

Umm, that's it I think.

Edit:

Being able to access appvars would be wonderful

Also, bit of a bug.

Go into your project, open it up in the editor, and then click 'Revert to View'
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KermMartian · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 09:28:28 pm Post subject:

The revert to view ginormity is because I'm working on fixing that right now. Smile

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Deep Thought · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 09:52:34 pm Post subject:

elfprince13 · Posted: 12 Jun 2010 11:03:06 pm Post subject:

I don't think all of those boards are still operational Wink

I know as a fact that mine and Maxcoderz (at least at the kvince address) are not.
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