• Syntax Highlighting

    From lars.lindehaven@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 10 07:05:20 2022
    Hi,

    It was a very long time since I visited this thread. Some 30 years ago, I was still developing programs on real Zilog Z80 CP/M machines. Now, the YAZE-AG emulator has become my way back to nostalgia.

    My search for a CP/M source code editor with syntax highlighting started but I could not find one. So, I ported the Micro Editor from Linux to CP/M and extended it with syntax highlighting like the one in the Kilo Editor. But, although this new Micro
    Editor (UE) runs fine in my emulator, it could never be used in an actual 4 MHz Z80 environment. It's just too slow.

    I then tried to find assembly source code for an editor that I could extend. The Turbo Pascal editor and TED became such candidates and I started with TED. Working with that for some weeks, I now completed the first version. The parsing of Zilog Z80
    mnemonics is straightforward but something in need of improvement.

    Please, try my TED fork at https://github.com/lindehaven/TED

    Orhe much slower UE at https://github.com/lindehaven/CP-M/tree/master/ue

    Regards, Lars

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