v0.5.0-beta

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Try out the release online here: https://boxgm.itch.io/qbjs

Release Highlights

Data / Read / Restore

Full support has been added for standard QBasic Data operations.

Parsing Updates

This release has a number of improvements to the parser which allow for more flexible formatting. There is now much less reliance on white-space placement for proper parsing of the source code.

Error Reporting

Parsing and runtime errors shown in the console output window are now clickable links which will highlight the corresponding line of code in the editor.

Expanded Set of QB/QB64 Keywords

35 new keywords have been included with this release. See the full list below.

Release Notes

Fixes

• Function calls prefixed with the negative operator (e.g. -_WIDTH) are not converting properly.
  Workaround: Wrap function call in extra parenthesis (e.g. -(_WIDTH) )
• Add support for comma-separated Next statements
• Add support for comma-separated Const declarations
• Syntax error when optional color parameter is not specified on Line command but B or BF option is
• Add support for textured lines
• Add support for screen mode 1
• QB64 compatibility fix for _Round function
• QB compatibility fix for Rnd function

Enhancements

• Add support for Data/Read/Restore
• Rnd algorithm updated to be compatible with QB/QB64, including support for Randomize
• Update parser to not be reliant on spacing that is optional in QBasic/QB64 for proper conversion
• Show runtime errors traced back to line in basic source in console window
• Add support for additional QBasic/QB64 Keywords
  CDbl, CInt, CLng, CSng, Data, Date$, Let, Randomize, Read, Rem, Restore, _Acos, _Acosh, _Asin, _Asinh, _Atanh, _Ceil, _Coth, _Csch, _D2G, _G2D, _G2R, _Hypot, _PaletteColor, _R2G, _ReadBit, _ResetBit, _Sech, _SetBit, _Shl, _Shr, _StrCmp, _StriCmp, _Tanh, _ToggleBit

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