[Coco] Rainbow IDE 2.0 in progress

[Roger Taylor]

At 07:04 PM 9/28/2008, you wrote:
>Roger Taylor wrote:
>><snip>
>>I still need to locate some kind of 32-bit C compiler or PASCAL 
>>compiler that CCASM or one of the other Rainbow 1.x supported 
>>assemblers can handle so I can start working on some productive 
>>compile/assemble sessions.
>
>Is there anything in the GNU package that you could use?
>
>http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/


Somehow I missed replying to this.  As long as a 6809 compiler 
outputs decent 6809 assembler source, CCASM would probably crunch 
it.  If it chokes on a few psuedo ops , adding support won't be that hard.

It's the linker support in my Rainbow IDE that has gone unsupported 
so far because I haven't found a 32-bit Windows console 6809 cross 
compiler.  The language doesn't have to be C.  I'll add support for 
the first language I encounter that outputs decent 6809 
assembly.  Pascal, or even an unpopular compiler language is fine 
with me.  I'm sure any compiler language would be a first choice over 
assembly to some coders.

I am going to avoid using any kind of ancient "make" mechanism in 
favor of a more modern solution where dependent files are internally 
linked to their parents.  Eventually I'll have it where an assembly 
file can choose it's compiler parent from listboxes or whatever is 
quickest to just point to the file(s), or the final linked binary can 
choose it's components in a similar fashion.  The idea is to make it 
all a visual interface of click and choose components based on the 
output files of other source files.  It's a job, yes.  There's 
nothing I dislike more than having to break away from any IDE to 
manually edit a makefile.  Those days are coming to an end.  I'm 
amazed at the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE but haven't dug in enough 
to figure out how it deals with compiler->assembler->linker builds.

A Rainbow project can have any mix of source files calling on any 
compiler or assembler for each file, yet I've made it so simple to 
use that once those builders are configured (a slew of them are 
preconfigured and included in the IDE, btw!) you just choose your 
switches and options from listboxes for each file.  It's very cool.




-- 
Roger Taylor

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