Short:    New Blitzbasic2 Version with FPU etc
Uploader: berndroesch1@compuserve.de
Author:   Acidsoft /Red When Excited /berndroesch1@compuserve.de
Type:     dev/basic

Thanks to Mark Sibly and Simon  Armstrong and RWE that they give me the Source and allow me to
enhance my loved Blitzbasic2 and release it in Aminet as Amiblitz2
The name Amiblitz2 is used because under Blitzbasic people
mean the PC Version now.
SO DONT SENT ANY MAIL ABOUT THIS VERSION TO ACID OR RWE only to the uploader

This is 100% (i hope) compatibel to Blitz2 

Copy amiblitz2 and ped to your blitzdir (The old Version work then too)
Make sure you have the wizard.library (H&P Stormwizard 2.0 Lib) in libs:
Copy blitzlibs/patchlibs to your blitzlibs/patchlibs dir: make a new deflibs file
(deflibs also included for ready to run)
If you want to use 68k asm fpu and ppc asm copy fpulib.obj to userlibs/beta
 uses num 217 218 (mui lib use 218 so remove the muilib if you use this)
If you want stormwizard copy wzlib.obj to userlibs/beta uses num 129
(for ppc this is also needed)
See examples and amigaguide for stormwizard
If you want change anything of this in libsource is the source
The program ppceq2 in examples dir is only need when you want
program Bars&Pipes Plugins in PPC assembler

ahi bars&Pipes PPC stormwizard includes are in blitzlibs dir
Also a all.res file is includeed for ready to run


See new features also in history
Newslist:
New 2.21
Fixes see history
A  prefs file  ped.prefs is used now for settings so save your settings again

CTRL+U       Undo Current Line
CTRL+CRSUP   Begin
CTRL+CRSDOWN end
In pattern Gadgets you can use now 2 search phrases
(word1 AND word2 must in line)

Tooltypes to amiblitz add

oldsearch = dont jump on beginning when call search dialog
backdrop  = Use backdropwindow for text
            (usefull for users which have no hotkey for window to back)
            So this is set by default
dontsort = do not sort lableview in alphabetic order
libfile  = Let choose your deflibsfile.Shows deflibfile name in labelwindow



AmiBlitz Basic 2 V2.2 changes
Editor
Clickjump
ALT+Left Mouse (crs right)          jump to function/label etc
ALT+Mid  Mouse (crs up)             back to old pos  
               (crs down)           back to previous pos
Hotlist:show all label begin with . and functions
max lines in Listview is set to 1000 
Use the selectstring Gad. to precise your search
; Button   List all comments 
all Button List all (use the select string) 
Case Butt  List all case 
cls        clear the findstringgadget


Pressing and holding mousebuton over a list to slide fast thru the entries
View Newtype: allow findstring to easier find types You can sort by name
              or by offset
              In the Windowtitle you can select with powersnap and insert

Instruction Help: Press Help with no char under the cursor
                  (wi in selectstring all instructions with wi found)
                  Doubleclicking opens Guide help (if available)
Pressing help over a functioncall shows the 1. functionline and number used
Pressing help over a word shows the wordcount so you can check if a basicvar is free
or write wrong(if you want a new var it should 0/If you want access var1 it should show >0)

Hotlist Newtype and Instruction help can always stay open
New menupoints
Save & createexec
Save & compile/execute

Save current textpos so when load Source is show in same line

Blitzbasic Compiler:
Faster compiletime: (2-5* on large progs (30000 lines)because of using variable Hash ALG)
(Large Include Files now have no speed loss)
optimizer:  (Need fpulib.ob)
add to your program optimize 1 switch it on or optimize 0 switch Integer off
                    optimize 2 switch 68k FPU for Basic on
    optimze 3 switch Integer Optimizer on AND switch FPU on
By default it is off.If you develop a program dont use it.(Writing a optimizer
must support many terms and i am the only that using Amiblitz2 so i am not sure
if it is 100% errrorfree)
In debugMode the FPU is always deactivte
If your program is ready switch it on.If your program crash (Should not occur)
you can find the statement and switch it off before and after that you can
switch it on.If you find the place mail me the code sequence so i can try to fix it
FPU switch must on before the first line (data dependency))
What does it?
it optimize if then,constant add,typeaccess and add a 32bit mul 32bit div
Normally Code is ca 10%-20% slower than C if you not use too much
functioncalls per second (use gosub then)
For the FPU keep in mind that it use fsin fasin fsinh etc this is emulate
in 040-060 (In UAEJIT it give full Speed)

Allow Speech Plugins (PPC Asm& 68k FPU exists now)
You can add all processor codegens (X86 ARM C LISP all you want)
See the fpulib.bb2 it add 68kfpu and PPC Inline Assembler


You can write libs,plugins now:
see the bars&Pipes examples or of course ted2.bb2

Allow Chip/BSS Segments (only one)

On macros you need not { } after a label you need no :

load .asm:
 trys to convert a .asm File from other assemblers to Blitz
Structures etc
(See convert.asm to see what happen
If this is worser as the old rename the .asm)

Lines can join with @@ for long tag lists (see blitzlibs/ahi.bb2 at end)

allow all 256 Chars in strings (©®öäü etc)

 muls.l/mulu.l/divs.l/divu.l in assembler (only reg reg is support now)

Putd0 Getd0 fast way to move vars from basic to asm (1 68k Cycle)

This is a short explain of the AmiBlitz2 features

Also enforcer hits in Editor and Compiler are removed (I hope)

From BB_Bugs now this files work correct (I hope)
aslFilereq
Dim
d2trash
sta_fun
BTW AmiBlitz2.2 and ped is complete port to Amiblitz2.2 mixed Assembler
    and Basic 20000 Lines take under 2 Sec with all.res to compile



Basicvars can access in assembler global move.l basicvarname@(a5),dx
                                  local  move.l basicvarname@(a4),dx
                               newtypes  move.l newtypevar@(a5),a0
                                         move.l .newtypename\entry(a0),d0

                               float:    fmove.s basicvarname@(a5),dx (FPU on)

                               PPC:      lwz rx,basicvar@(r8)

function/statement  FAST funcname{}    FAST (must write exact)

The fast keyword tell that like C the local Vars are not set to zero
(This save 20 Cycles +var*2)Note that you can get trouble like C if you make not
not sure that a variable is set to a define value




Bugreport ideas usw send to berndroesch1@compuserve.de
If someone want programing on AmiBlitz2 too mail also
   
Known Problems:

If you have save a wrong screenmode clear envarc:ted.prefs env:ted.prefs

If the " " pair is not correct then wrong Instruction chars are shown
(old Version show then Instruktion in black char).If you correct the " "
to a sensefull state and move cursor up/down all is correct (no data lost possible)

This is because Amiblitz2 use now full 256 Chars, before it use only char
1-127 and all above are instructions