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WhiteWizzard
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Posted: 10:52am 04 May 2017

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With my program containing SYSTEM "date" as the first line (and leaving the Command Prompt in the last cursor position used by the executed program when Ctrl-C is pressed) I am seeing all kinds of strange behaviour.

If I type list, then the wording 'List' disappears and/or the first line of code is displayed incorrectly.
Typing NEW I then get a 'File not found' error.

IF when I exit my program with Ctrl-C AND then I press Ctrl-C again (to position command prompt at the start-of-line) then all seems ok.

matherp
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Posted: 11:13am 04 May 2017

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Quote Where must it be located?

Same directory as mmbasic

Quote However, I have no back-space (i.e. delete to left of cursor) capability

Try doing the apt-get and see if it changes - works for me.

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Posted: 11:21am 04 May 2017

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When I type

sudo apt-get install pigpiod

from the terminal on the RasPi, it searches but does not find pigpiod.

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Posted: 11:26am 04 May 2017

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matherp said Try doing the apt-get and see if it changes - works for me.

No change here.

The 'back-space' key does nothing visually, however, if pressed mid-way through typing a command such as FILES, then when I press Enter, I get the file not found message named as the characters pressed up to the point where BackSpace was pressed.

Also, the Delete key (i.e. delete to right of cursor) displays the letter J.

Could this be a Nano setting that needs altering? I have only changed my background colour and font size (to be visually more pleasing)

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Posted: 11:27am 04 May 2017

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cdeagle said When I type

sudo apt-get install pigpiod

from the terminal on the RasPi, it searches but does not find pigpiod.

PIGPIO (no 'd' on the end)

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Posted: 11:39am 04 May 2017

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Peter,

The BackSpace (and Delete key) issues only occur at the command prompt. In the EDITor they both work as expected.

I am on a 'standalone' setup (i.e. USB keyboard & HDMI monitor)
Have performed the apt-get AND done a reboot just to be sure.

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Posted: 11:44am 04 May 2017

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Thanks Peter. That worked for PIGPIO.

I'm seeing the same key behavior as WW.

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Posted: 10:29pm 04 May 2017

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Quote I am on a 'standalone' setup (i.e. USB keyboard & HDMI monitor)

That explains the difference. I'm doing all the development headless using teraterm over SSH. It will be next week before I can test with a monitor but I want to stick with the new console code because it should enable me to implement Geoff's colour editor

Attached is 5.3.a18, removed a diagnostic wait loop I left in in 17 which was killing performance

2017-05-05_082859_mmbasic.zip

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Posted: 12:46pm 05 May 2017

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I was going to ask for a blow by blow way of getting mmbasic to work on Pi but much reading of all the post's and a bit trial and error it all works.
Printed "Hullo World" 5 times on the screen.
Thank you Matherp & Geofg and all the posters.
Regards

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Posted: 10:14pm 05 May 2017

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Please find attached 5.3.a19

2017-05-06_092413_mmbasic.zip

This fixes the bug in delete from a18

AND it includes the Micromite full screen editor

Use OPTION COLOURCODE ON to enable colour editing

and then use the EDIT command as in the Micromite

If required you can still use nano using the command NANO

NB: the editing works well using putty over SSH. There is a problem with Delete /backspace in Teraterm. This can be fixed using OPTION TERATERM ON.

I haven't tested using a console window on a directly connected monitor/keyboard. Feedback appreciated.

Edited by matherp 2017-05-07

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Posted: 12:12am 06 May 2017

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The back space and delete are now working.

I'm getting pigpio "stuff" within the output from a program as seen here.

kepler3 solution
---------------- 2017-05-06 06:04:43 gpioGetMode: pigpio uni
eccentricity = 0.90000000017-05-06 06:04:43 gpioSetMode: pigpio unini
mean anomaly = 45.00000000 degrees

eccentric anomaly = 96.25884250 degrees

true anomaly = 156.76042886 degrees

iterations = 2

solution error = 0.0000000000

When I type run for the first time, MMBASIC responds with run.bas not found. If I type run a second time, the program in memory runs fine.

I'm currently using a RasPi 3 with the 7" official display and a Logitech Bluetooth keyboard.

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Quote I'm getting pigpio "stuff" within the output from a program as seen here.

I suspect the display is using some of the ports used by pigpio possibly SPI for touch. Do you get this problem if running with a normal hdmi monitor? If you can find any docs on the connections for the display please post a link.

Quote When I type run for the first time, MMBASIC responds with run.bas not found. If I type run a second time, the program in memory runs fine.

What is the exact sequence of commands before this? If I "load" a program and type run, or "auto" a program I'm not seeing this.

What options are set?

Have you tried EDIT on the display?

Edited by matherp 2017-05-07

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Posted: 01:11am 06 May 2017

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I ran it on a directly connected HDMI monitor. F1 to F4 were not working in editing mode.

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Quote I ran it on a directly connected HDMI monitor. F1 to F4 were not working in editing mode.

Thanks for the feedback. This means the console isn't sending the same escape sequences for F1 to F4 as putty or teraterm over SSH

If you could do a test for me send me a PM with your email address and I'll send a version with some diagnostic code in it that should help me to fix it. Otherwise it will have to wait til next week.

Also please try the following:

ctrl-Q = F1
ctrl-W = F2
ctrl-R = F3
ctrl-G = SHIFT_F3
ctrl-T = F4
Edited by matherp 2017-05-07

sc05027
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Posted: 01:51am 06 May 2017

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ctrl-q,w,r,g,t work

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Posted: 01:55am 06 May 2017

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Quote ctrl-q,w,r,g,t work

Great, thanks for confirming: From the Micromite manual...

[quote]You can also use control keys instead of the functions keys listed above. These control keystrokes are:
LEFT Ctrl-S RIGHT Ctrl-D UP Ctrl-E DOWN Ctrl-X
HOME Ctrl-U END Ctrl-K PageUp Ctrl-P PageDn Ctrl-L
DEL Ctrl-] INSERT Ctrl-N F1 Ctrl-Q F2 Ctrl-W
F3 Ctrl-R ShiftF3 Ctrl-G F4 Ctrl-T F5 Ctrl-Y[/quote]

All of these should work as per the Micromite for a keyboard that doesn't have function keys

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Posted: 02:11am 06 May 2017

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If the console is a Linux one, Fn keys are often set to do things already and would not reach a typical program.

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Posted: 02:20am 06 May 2017

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Quote Fn keys are often set to do things already and would not reach a typical program.

I'm using the ncurses library in raw mode so it intercepts everything before LINUX. That was the only way I could find to get rid of buffering of stdin so that functions like inkey$ and the editor could be implemented.

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Posted: 02:42am 06 May 2017

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Many thanks to sc05027 for doing some testing for me

Attached 5.3.a20

2017-05-06_124037_mmbasic.zip

The editor now runs properly on a local LINUX console process running on a directly connected HDMI monitor with normal support for the editor function keys

cdeagle
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Posted: 03:54am 06 May 2017

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Version 5.3.a20 seems to work fine on an HDMI display and the 7" LCD display.

Thanks to Peter and others helping to debug.

Here's a link to info about the 7" display.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-touch-display/

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