I've released version 1.26a of BBC BASIC for SDL 2.0 - the cross-platform programming language for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi OS, Android, iOS and in-browser. The changes in this version are as follows:
- BASIC Interpreter / Run Time Engine
Changed the behaviour of VDU 127 (DEL) in VDU 5 mode to correspond to that of Acorn systems, i.e. the background GCOL mode is ignored.
Fixed a bug causing VDU 127 not to work correctly in VDU 5 mode if the text direction has been changed.
Fixed a bug (in ARM and 64-bit editions only) whereby characters plotted in VDU 5 mode could not be read back using GET(x,y).
- IDEs and Utilities
Fixed a minor bug in SDLIDE.bbc which could cause incorrect indentation of lines added at the end of a program.
Modified compiler.bbc so that message boxes still work when path names are very long.
Modified compiler.bbc (on Windows only) to be tolerant of spaces in the path to BBCSDL.
- Libraries
Added gfxlib.bbc which partially emulates David Williams's GFXLIB2 library for BB4W; see gfxlib_docs.pdf for a detailed description.
Added audiolib to support playing music (including MP3) and sound effects.
Modified dlglib so that it works correctly if @ox% or @oy% is non-zero, or the graphics ORIGIN has been moved.
- Example Programs
Added cowboy.bbc in examples/games; this is David Williams's GFXLIB2 demo for BB4W, converted to use the new gfxlib library.
Added metronome.bbc in examples/sounds (this is also compatible with BBC BASIC for Windows).
Modified lemmings.bbc and tower.bbc to use the new audiolib library.
