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Turbo46

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Posted: 07:38am 06 Apr 2021

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I have been doing a bit of work lately and found that some keywords are not recognised for MMBasic for DOS. See below:

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' DOS Basic 5.05.01

ON ERROR skip 1
ON ERROR abort
ON ERROR ignore
ON ERROR CLEAR
DIM a$(5) length 10
OPEN f$ FOR output AS #1
OPEN f$ FOR INPUT AS #1

If I change to CMM2 they are recognised

Quote ' CMM2

ON ERROR SKIP 1
ON ERROR ABORT
ON ERROR IGNORE
ON ERROR CLEAR
DIM a$(5) LENGTH 10
OPEN f$ FOR OUTPUT AS #1
OPEN f$ FOR INPUT AS #1

Not a big deal but it is comforting to see the keywords change to uppercase blue as you type them. Al least I know that I have spelled them correctly.

I would correct them if I knew how. Sorry if it's been explained before. Jim?

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Posted: 08:20am 06 Apr 2021

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Syntax words are in the *.tkn files in the data folder.
I will add them for the next update.
You can ad then yourself save waiting. The preferred place is to the second group of words, lowercase and separated by a single space.

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Turbo46

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Posted: 08:55pm 06 Apr 2021

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Thanks Jim,

I thought this is what you meant but it didn't change. Added them in alphabetical order. Is there something else I need to do?

Quote then time time$ timer to trace troff tron ucase ucase$ ucase$( until val val( wedit wend while xor

abort base default explicit float ignore integer length lower none output skip title upper

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TassyJim

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Posted: 09:12pm 06 Apr 2021

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You did change the correct file?

Mine is at:
"C:\Users\Jim\AppData\Local\CCom\MMedit\DOS_5.05.01.tkn"

There is also a DOS4.5 but I doubt you are still on that version.

You also need to re-select the syntax after saving the changes to force a re-read.

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Turbo46

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Posted: 09:26pm 06 Apr 2021

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Quote You did change the correct file?

Aha! No I changed the one in 'program files (x86)'.

When I changed the one in the Users folder it worked! Thanks Jim.

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Turbo46

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Posted: 05:54am 25 May 2021

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Hi Jim,

The recent MMEdit update undid my changes to DOS_5.05.01.tkn. I've re-entered the words and the bottom line now is:

Quote abort base default explicit float ignore integer lower none output skip title upper

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TassyJim

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Sorry about that.
I have definitely added then to the next update.

I blame it on being too preoccupied with b...dy windows.

The double glazed type, not Microsoft.
Replacing windows in the middle of winter is a silly thing to do.

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Turbo46

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Posted: 04:53am 08 Jan 2022

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Hi Jim,

I've broken MMEdit again. Trying the SYSTEM command in MMBasic DOS and found that windows command lines don't like spaces. So I edited the path to MMBasic DOS so that there are no spaces and now MMEdit can't find it. I seem to recall that you told someone else how and where to change it but I can't find the post.

Can you please tell how?

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Posted: 06:04am 08 Jan 2022

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hold the shift key down while selecting "run in dos"

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Turbo46

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Posted: 06:14am 08 Jan 2022

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Brilliant!

Thanks Jim

Bill

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Posted: 06:24am 08 Jan 2022

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"windows command lines don't like spaces"
Path names with spaces work if enclosed in " " on my box.
eg
C:\Windows\System32>cd "C:\Program Files (x86)"
C:\Program Files (x86)>

Perhaps it applies to other commands as well.
Edited 2022-01-08 16:25 by phil99

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There is no problem with spaces in path names.
MMEdit is (usually) happy.
I have spaces in the path to mmbasic.exe and my usual bas file folder.

Bill still needed to do the shift thing to re-select the exe.

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Turbo46

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Quote There is no problem with spaces in path names

I usually have no problem but the SYSTEM command in MMBasic Dos/Windows stopped looking at the first space and errored out. Not sure if it's MMBasic or the command line that is the problem. No matter, I'll put a copy of MMBasic.exe in the same folder as the BASIC programs. I shouldn't need a pathname for either MMBasic or the program I want to run from the first then.

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Posted: 08:46am 08 Jan 2022

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With the SYSTEM command you have to include the quotes as required.
MMEdit does that for you.

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Posted: 09:52am 08 Jan 2022

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TassyJim said With the SYSTEM command you have to include the quotes as required

+1

Embed quotes as required & it'll work.

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Posted: 10:13am 08 Jan 2022

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This was the SYSTEM command I used:

Quote SYSTEM "C:\Users\mckiw\Documents\Micros\DOS Basic\mmbasic.exe asssa.bas"
QUIT

It stopped at the space after 'dos' with an error (don't remember it exactly). I replaced it with and underscore in the command and in the folder name. That's when MMEdit couldn't find MMBasic.exe. After fixing the problem with MMEdit that I caused it still wouldn't work anyway because I needed to include the full path to AASSA.BAS. I think the command format is correct but the space was not accepted in the path to MMBasic.exe.

I'll look at it again tomorrow.

Bill

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Posted: 01:27pm 08 Jan 2022

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Perhaps something like

a$=chr$(34)+C:\Users\mckiw\Documents\Micros\DOS Basic\mmbasic.exe"+chr$(34)+" asssa.bas"
SYSTEM a$

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Turbo46

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Posted: 01:37am 09 Jan 2022

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Thanks lizby, but Windows is still presented with a 'space' in the command line. I'll just have MMBasic.exe in the same folder and avoid the long and complicated path(s). By the time I add the path to asssa.bas the string may be too long anyway.

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Posted: 06:39am 09 Jan 2022

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I reckon it's a BUG
Even with quotes around the path, it stops at the first space character. The quotes seem to be stripped out.

'system test
exe$=chr$(34)+"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\DOS MMBasic\MMBasic.exe"+chr$(34)
para$ = chr$(34)+"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\apps - Copy\atest.bas"+chr$(34)
cmdln$ = exe$+" "+para$
print exe$
print para$
print cmdln$
system cmdln$
end

gave:

Windows MMBasic Ver 5.05.04
Copyright 2011-2021 Geoff Graham

"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\DOS MMBasic\MMBasic.exe"
"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\apps - Copy\atest.bas"
"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\DOS MMBasic\MMBasic.exe" "C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\apps - Copy\atest.bas"
'C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\DOS' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
[8] System cmdln$
Error : Command could not be run
>

Workaround is to create a batch file on the fly and run it.

'system test
exe$=chr$(34)+"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\DOS MMBasic\MMBasic.exe"+chr$(34)
para$ = chr$(34)+"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\apps - Copy\atest.bas"+chr$(34)
cmdln$ = exe$+" "+para$
open "go.bat" for output as #1
'print exe$
'print para$
print #1, cmdln$
close #1
pause 500
system "go.bat"
end

and it works!
the atest.bas file did run
THe batch file is

"C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\DOS MMBasic\MMBasic.exe" "C:\Users\Jim\Documents\apps\maximite\apps - Copy\atest.bas"

spaces in both exe path and bas path correctly honoured.

Jim

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Turbo46

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Posted: 08:20am 09 Jan 2022

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Thanks Jim, I guess I should have realized that if the error came from MMBasic and not Windows. Logically if Windows allows spaces in filenames and folder names then it should be able to cope with them.

Logic and Window don't always coexist though. I have a laptop in which update finds a missing or corrupted file and stops with an error number. If it's found a problem file, why can't it tell me what it is?

Bill

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