pbp and linux

[Chirpy]

I was just curious how many people out there use linux and what IDE they use.

Im working on a project that adds onto gedit's language settings to allow pbp to be used and compiled from.

Just getting opinions from everyone bc I know wine can be used to run pbp and the compilers from in linux, but mcs cant be used bc of the way it's coded, it cant handle passing stuff to the actual compiler. Ive seen that alot of the programmers out there that are used have command line programming software, so the only thing needed to be worked on is the pbp file handling in linux.

just getting everyone's opinion and as soon as I finish this, Ill upload the lang file and how to set everything up.

[mackrackit]

I use gEdit with the highlight mode set to VB.net. Use WINE like you said but set up a *.bat file for the compiling.
Click on the link in my signature and then the Linux and PBP tab for a little more detail on how I do it.

[Chirpy]

Well, I know alot of things dont highlight correctly with the vb.net, so I was working on this. here's what I have done so far, just save it to /usr/shared/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/ and restart gedit, then all .pbp and .bas files should open with the correct one. I had to put it in the zip file because the forum wouldnt let me upload the .lang file by itself

also I was thinking of using the external tools package to be able to compile everything and program the chips from within gedit.

pbp.lang.zip

[mackrackit]

I will give your mod a try.

Just curious, what distro are you running?

[Chirpy]

Im using ubuntu 10.04 still, not too fond of the gnome 3 interface.

[Chirpy]

ok, got gEdit fully working with integrated compiling! here's how I did it:

First, I installed gEdit's external tools using "sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins",
Then added the pbp.lang file to /usr/shared/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/
You need to close out of all gEdit windows at this time and restart it to get the new language to show up.
Finally, I went to gEdit and went to Tools/Manage External Tools, and created an entry called Compile PBP code, and added this into the codebox at the right:

#!/bin/sh
wine c:/pbp/pbpw -e -s -ac:/Program Files/Microchip/MPASM Suite/MPASMWIN -p12f675 $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var2=${var%???}
outasm=$var2"ASM"
wine c:/Program\ Files/Microchip/MPASM\ Suite/mpasmwin /e /l $outasm

Then finally clicked on the save option in the external tools manager and clicked "current document". Click close out of the external tools options and when your ready to compile your code, just go to tools/external tools/Compile PBP code, and it'll compile everything just right.

Just make sure you change the -12f675 to whatever PIC your using tho and it should work flawlessly. Here's the file again to keep everything organized:

pbp.lang.zip

Ps. mackrackit, using this requires no more premade batch files :P

[Chirpy]

sorry ahead of time for the spam posts, but Ive found one issue with the batch file method and my gedit method. when I got to compile a program, if it has configuration switches in it, it'll throw an error, Ive tried it with both my method and the batch method on your site, even used the blinky example to test it. if the pbp or bas file doesnt have that in it, or it's commented out, it'll compile fine.

any ideas why?
I tried using mpasm 8.51a, 8.84, and 8.88, and they all do the same.

nvm, saw the ; part on your site after searching around a little

[mackrackit]

I will guess that you are getting an "overwriting previous address content" error message.
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=543
Post #1 and post #5
You need to comment the *.inc file for the chip in the PBP directory.

[Chirpy]

yea, already got it solved, saw it on your site earlier.

also, in mplabs, I seem to remember something that placed the configs into your asm file, but I cant remember what it was for the life of me.
I was just wanting to do that to get all of the fuses, but it's no biggie, I can just look through the mpasm suite folder's *.inc files

but anyways, the mods and such to gedit seem to work as they're supposed to.

[Chirpy]

ok, I think Ive gotten everything coded correctly and such, I have 2 different programmers, the pikit2 and the k150 programmers, and got both programming on linux and from within gEdit. here's the code to add in to qedit's external tools for the k150:

#!/bin/sh
pic="16f628a"
wine c:/pbp/pbpw -e -s -ac:/Program Files/Microchip/MPASM Suite/MPASMWIN -p$pic $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var2=${var%???}
outasm=$var2"ASM"
wine c:/Program\ Files/Microchip/MPASM\ Suite/mpasmwin /q /e /l $outasm
outhex=${var2}"HEX"
picpro.py -p /dev/ttyUSB0 --pic_type=$pic -i $outhex

I was tired and just copied tetsujin's python programmer software to the main bin dir using "sudo cp *.* /usr/local/bin" from within the programmer's folder, then I could call it as a normal program by just typing picpro.py. here's the link for those people that use the K150 also:
also, for some reason, when the programmer is waiting for the chip inside qEdit, it shows a warning inside the shell output box, but everything works fine, just ignore it and put your chip in, and it'll work fine.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/tets...rogrammer/0.2/

then I added pickit2 by installing the official pk2cmd from microchip's site, and did this mod to the system:
http://gatemaze.blogspot.com/2009/06...er-ubuntu.html
This allows you to run pickit2 as a normal user, which is what we want.
And added this code to the external tools dialog in qEdit:

#!/bin/sh
pic="16f628a"
wine c:/pbp/pbpw -e -s -ac:/Program Files/Microchip/MPASM Suite/MPASMWIN -p$pic $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var2=${var%???}
outasm=$var2"ASM"
wine c:/Program\ Files/Microchip/MPASM\ Suite/mpasmwin /q /e /l $outasm
outhex=${var2}"HEX"
pk2cmd -P$pic -F$outhex -M -R

add the existing post's code into it as "Compile PBP code" and you'll be able to use qEdit as a full ide with built in compiling and direct downloading of the code/hex from within the text editor.

[Chirpy]

I updated the pbp.lang file, here's the updated version, which should recognize all pbp and bas files as picbasic pro. Just put it in /usr/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/
pbp.lang.zip

also, I know alot of people out there that's just starting out still use the jdm programmers, so here's something for you too using picprog:

#!/bin/sh
comport="/dev/ttyS0"
pic="16f628a"
wine c:/pbp/pbpw -e -s -ac:/Program Files/Microchip/MPASM Suite/MPASMWIN -p$pic $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var=$GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME
var2=${var%???}
outasm=$var2"ASM"
wine c:/Program\ Files/Microchip/MPASM\ Suite/mpasmwin /q /e /l $outasm
outhex=${var2}"HEX"
picprog --erase --burn --input $outhex --device $pic --p $comport

Have fun and hope this helps some people that uses linux.
also, I'd like to see your input on this macrackit btw, see what can be improved or added, I know it'd be nice to add a chip selector in the main program, but not sure how to do that atm.

[Chirpy]

for those that are curious about what Ive been working on actually does, this is two screenshots of the mods to gEdit.





sorry again about the spam posts, and such large pictures.
I'd like to get everyone's input on this to see what needs improved and such, or what needs changed.
also, a little bug in the jdm programmer part, add "pic" just before the $pic on the bottom line so it shows pic$pic, then it'll work fine.

[mackrackit]

Thanks for sharing your work, I hope to make use of it soon.

As for the new Ubuntu, have you looked into the Cinnamon desktop? I have been using it on my openSUSE box for some time now.

[Chirpy]

no, I havnt, I just prefer the look of gnome 2 tbh, always used it even if it was memory hungry, and rather just stick with it. I honestly hate the look of new OS's tbh, windows 8 is almost unusable for me, same with gnome 3.

if you cant access everything without having to dig through a hundred screens and have to spend first 10 mins trying to figure out how to find the shutdown button, then they need to rethink the GUI interface. also, for linux, I prefer the look of gnome 2 rather than another kde lookalike of windows.

even on my raspberry pi, I have the MATE interface on it.

[Normnet]

This thread implies PBP is compatible with Linux.
Is this truly the case? Am I missing something?
If so future versions of FineLineIDE could be made compatible with Linux.

Norm