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In search of a good Stamp IDE for Linux

lordericolorderico Posts: 12
edited 2009-01-03 17:16 in BASIC Stamp
I finally got my basic stamp working on my Ubuntu computer, and now I am trying to look for a decent IDE to work with. Using the windows IDE with wine is terrible because all of the text is small and overlapping. However, I like the fact that it colors my words correctly, capitalizes them, etc... Is there a good IDE for Linux (specifically Ubuntu) that you know of?

Thanks,
Eric

Comments

  • GeorgeLGeorgeL Posts: 131
    edited 2008-12-24 06:04
    You could write one yourself, or you can increase WINE's resolution, thus making it useful. Even better get a Mac or Windows 98-Vista
  • William BrownWilliam Brown Posts: 9
    edited 2008-12-25 09:58
    Do these not work for you? The Mac version is amazing. There seems to be multiple Linux versions to try.

    http://www.parallax.com/tabid/441/Default.aspx
  • 2Wrongs2Wrongs Posts: 2
    edited 2009-01-01 01:57
    I've been working with the PBASIC Editor for Linux (supported by Parallax?) for a couple days and it's been rough.

    A lot of the PBASIC syntax doesn't work (SELECT, DO..LOOP, DEBUGIN, etc) If I write around the limitations the programs work, but I'm getting frustrated.

    One of the other ones (second listed) doesn't compile on my system (Xubuntu 8.10)

    If the first one doesn't work I might have to give up my soul and go MS.
  • lordericolorderico Posts: 12
    edited 2009-01-01 03:43
    I have been using a combination of editors, gedit and the official editor run with wine. gedit allows me to see what I'm typing and the editor allows me to see where I errors are. I don't particularly like PBasic language getting it seems really lacking compared to Java, which I'm used to.

    It works for now.

    Eric
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2009-01-01 21:46
    You could buy yourself a java stamp and have stamps and java too.

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  • 2Wrongs2Wrongs Posts: 2
    edited 2009-01-02 04:07
    lorderico: I used to work w/ Arduino, which has a Java-like syntax (called Processing). I liked it. I'm trying to PBASIC because that's what the user group I'm going to does.

    I'll give Wine a shot. I was worried there would be issues connecting to serial so never really tried it.
  • lordericolorderico Posts: 12
    edited 2009-01-03 17:16
    In order to get the basic stamp working in linux, I followed the instructions here (http://bstamp.sourceforge.net/).

    First, download the bstamp program from that website and install it with the instructions (http://bstamp.sourceforge.net/install/).

    Then download the tokenizer from http://www.parallax.com/tabid/441/Default.aspx . It is the bottom link. Again, use the instructions to install the tokenizer. I think that this is the only way to connect to the basic stamp in linux. The editor only makes it easier to code by highlighting the code, and providing a syntax checker, it cannot connect to the stamp. If there is a way that it can, please let me know.

    If you use a usb stamp, use ttyUSB# instead of ttyS# (where # is the number of the port).

    I've found that if you get a "a basic stamp isn't found" error, you should delete the bstamp symbolic link and remake it. Or else turn the stamp off and on. Or else the basic stamp battery might be low.

    One more thing. If you use the command debugin, in order to input into the stamp use these intructions:

    open a new terminal tab.
    type echo text_here > /dev/bstamp
    where text_here is whatever you want to send to the stamp.

    Hope this helps anyone trying to use the stamp in Linux.
    Eric
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