PBASIC 2.5 resource
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I like PBASIC 2.5 a lot, thanks Parallax, thanks Jeff!
I've put up a reference web page that shows in detail how the new
control structures like DO-LOOP, IF-THEN-ELSEIF-ELSE-ENDIF, etc.
translate into the old PBASIC. Stampers might find this helpful, in
order to understand exactly how the new commands work, or when there
is need to optimize code for speed or size.
http://www.emesystems.com/BS2pbasic25.htm
BTW, there may be some confusion about where to get PBASIC 2.5. Look
on http://www.parallax.com and click on downloads and then software.
Get the Stamp Windows editor verison 2.0 beta 2.1. It is a mishmash
of numbers, but that is where you find the PBASIC 2.5 language.
-- best regards
Tracy Allen
electronically monitored ecosystems
http://www.emesystems.com
mailto:tracy@e...
I've put up a reference web page that shows in detail how the new
control structures like DO-LOOP, IF-THEN-ELSEIF-ELSE-ENDIF, etc.
translate into the old PBASIC. Stampers might find this helpful, in
order to understand exactly how the new commands work, or when there
is need to optimize code for speed or size.
http://www.emesystems.com/BS2pbasic25.htm
BTW, there may be some confusion about where to get PBASIC 2.5. Look
on http://www.parallax.com and click on downloads and then software.
Get the Stamp Windows editor verison 2.0 beta 2.1. It is a mishmash
of numbers, but that is where you find the PBASIC 2.5 language.
-- best regards
Tracy Allen
electronically monitored ecosystems
http://www.emesystems.com
mailto:tracy@e...
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when the new version will no longer be a "beta" version (full release version!)?
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integrating the BS1) and when that is finished the final will be
released. The manual is also being updated, but of necessity, requires
the software to be completed (or fully stable ) before it can be
completed.
That said, the beta release does have an updated help file and any
syntax questions you may have are covered in it.
-- Jon Williams
-- Applications Engineer, Parallax
-- Dallas Office
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Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] PBASIC 2.5 resource
> Ani idea when a written manual will be available for the new version....or
> when the new version will no longer be a "beta" version (full release
version!)?
>
Not to preempt Jon answering those questions, but let me reassure those who
haven't taken the plunge that the current beta is extremely solid. I just
got into Stamps about a month ago and downloaded the beta for use from the
outset. I had installed the full-release version just in case, but I finally
deleted it when I saw no point in keeping it.
You always must be willing to take precautions against unexpected lock-ups
with beta code, but to be honest I do that with all code. And I've had no
such yet. The PBasic 2.5 language features alone are worth a few precautions
to me, but I also understand significant improvements were made in the
functions of the editor itself, and the built-in help is smoothly integrated
and comprehensive already. (Although I understand some explanations are
still being edited, and others expanded with additional app notes.)
Unless you have a corporate policy, or personal phobia, that precludes using
beta products, I'd download the beta and give it a try for several days.
I'll bet you'll be hooked quickly.
Gary
is very stable despite being beta. Worth getting. The documentation
in the help files, and in pdfs that accompany the download, are quite
thorough. You can print out the pdfs and keep them with the manual.
Now that I program mostly the BS2pe, I have quite a different style
with that than I used to with the BS2 and its hard 2k limit. I can
use the new PBASIC structures and not worry too much about trimming
every fat bit out of the code. But there are other reasons to trim,
to code for speed of response. Or still, to pack in that code in one
bank. That is why I did that page on "inside the PBASIC 2.5
commands". <http://www.emesystems.com/BS2pbasic25.htm>
-- Tracy
>From: <azeasi@a...>
>Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] PBASIC 2.5 resource
>
> > Ani idea when a written manual will be available for the new version....or
>> when the new version will no longer be a "beta" version (full release
>version!)?
>>
>
>Not to preempt Jon answering those questions, but let me reassure those who
>haven't taken the plunge that the current beta is extremely solid. I just
>got into Stamps about a month ago and downloaded the beta for use from the
>outset. I had installed the full-release version just in case, but I finally
>deleted it when I saw no point in keeping it.
>
>You always must be willing to take precautions against unexpected lock-ups
>with beta code, but to be honest I do that with all code. And I've had no
>such yet. The PBasic 2.5 language features alone are worth a few precautions
>to me, but I also understand significant improvements were made in the
>functions of the editor itself, and the built-in help is smoothly integrated
>and comprehensive already. (Although I understand some explanations are
>still being edited, and others expanded with additional app notes.)
>
>Unless you have a corporate policy, or personal phobia, that precludes using
>beta products, I'd download the beta and give it a try for several days.
>I'll bet you'll be hooked quickly.
>
>Gary