Syntax highlighting for GW-BASIC
| 1. Purpose 2. See it in action |
3. README 4. Copying 5. Downloading |
1. Purpose
SYNHILI.COM is a
TSR
for DOS, that provides syntax-highlighting
for Microsoft GW-BASIC and interface-compatible BASIC interpreters
(BASICA, IBMBASIC, etc.)
Such BASIC interpreters can be run on modern computers
using a DOS or PC emulator, such as
DOSBox or
JPC.
Note that it cannot be used with QBASIC/QuickBASIC, because QB repaints the entire screen every time you type a key, causing annoying flashing when QB and SYNHILI recolor the screen alternatingly. QB's horizontal scrolling poses also a significant problem for parsing the syntax based on video-RAM content alone.
2. See it in action
Synhili active:
It is used in these Youtube videos:
Original GW-BASIC:
SYNHILI is configured in Joe's JSF file syntax. Here's how it looks on Joe, in Xterm:
Installing SYNHILI (also showing its memory use characteristics):
3. README
Syntax highlighting for GW-BASIC Version 1.0.3.3 Copyright (C) 2011 Joel Yliluoma -- http://iki.fi/bisqwit/ License: zlib --------------------------------------------------------- SYNHILI.COM is a TSR that provides syntax-highlighting for Microsoft GW-BASIC. Color scheme: Background: black Line numbers: magenta (also in GOTO/GOSUB/RESTORE/ON expr) Comments: bright red DATA items: bright yellow DATA delimiters: brown Class one operators (delimiters): green Class two operators (other operators): bright green Numeric values: bright blue Type suffixes on numeric values: bright magenta Syntax errors on numeric values: bright red on red File numbers (only with a hash prefix): bright cyan String values: cyan String delimiters: bright cyan Keywords: bright white Identifiers: white/gray Unrecognized characters: black on cyan This color scheme is a variant of the same color scheme that the author has used for nearly two decades on various programming languages. Note: Syntax highlighting is only performed when the display is in 80x25 text mode and when the first column of the bottom row contains the character '1' (which is the case when KEY ON is enabled).
4. Copying
SYNHILI has been written by Joel Yliluoma, a.k.a.
Bisqwit,
and is distributed under the terms of the zlib license, summarized: as-is, for-any-purpose, do-not-mispresent, compatible-with-gpl
and is distributed under the terms of the zlib license, summarized: as-is, for-any-purpose, do-not-mispresent, compatible-with-gpl
5. Downloading
Downloading help
- Do not download everything - you only need one file (newest version for your platform)!
- Do not use download accelerators or you will be banned from this server before your download is complete!
The most recent source code (bleeding edge) for synhili can also be downloaded by cloning the Git repository by:
git clone git://bisqwit.iki.fi/synhili.gitgit checkout origin/release -b releasegit checkout origin/master -b master
Date (Y-md-Hi) acc Size Name 2011-1102-0942 r-- 56634 synhili-1.0.3.3.tar.bz2 2011-1102-0942 r-- 64818 synhili-1.0.3.3.tar.gz 2011-1102-0841 r-- 56633 synhili-1.0.3.2.tar.bz2 2011-1102-0841 r-- 64878 synhili-1.0.3.2.tar.gz 2011-1101-1150 r-- 56240 synhili-1.0.3.1.tar.bz2 2011-1101-1150 r-- 64464 synhili-1.0.3.1.tar.gz 2011-1031-2331 r-- 56757 synhili-1.0.3.tar.bz2 2011-1031-2331 r-- 64860 synhili-1.0.3.tar.gz 2011-0325-1120 r-- 51000 synhili-1.0.2.tar.bz2 2011-0325-1120 r-- 62704 synhili-1.0.2.tar.gz 2011-0111-1044 r-- 44379 synhili-1.0.1.tar.bz2 2011-0111-1044 r-- 53090 synhili-1.0.1.tar.gz← Back to the source directory index at Bisqwit's homepage