AUTO generates line numbers during interactive editing, RENUM
renumbers program lines and patches all GOTO/GOSUB/ON references,
DELETE removes line ranges. COMMON declares variables preserved
across CHAIN. Also fixed LIST/DELETE range parsing (was broken by
expression evaluator consuming the dash as subtraction).
Bump to v0.7.0, 53 tests.
DATE$, TIME$, and TIMER now return real system date/time instead of
hardcoded values. Added directory and shell access statements with
proper GW-BASIC error codes (Path not found 76, File already exists 60).
Bump to v0.6.0, 52 tests.
Authentic GW-BASIC screen editor with 25x80 buffer, free cursor movement,
enter-on-any-line, F1-F10 function keys, Insert/Overwrite toggle, KEY
ON/OFF/LIST statement, and Ctrl+Break handling. HAL pointer swap routes
all PRINT/LIST/error output through the TUI automatically. Piped mode
unchanged (50/50 tests pass).
Adds automated compatibility testing infrastructure: DOSBox-X headless
config, PRINT-to-file transform script, and run_compat.sh with --generate
and --compare modes for verifying output against real GWBASIC.EXE.
Project renamed from gwbasic-c to GW-BASIC 2026.
Add GitHub Actions CI with automated build and test. Implement real
terminal I/O with raw mode (enable_raw/disable_raw, proper INKEY$
polling via VMIN=0/VTIME=0, INPUT$ function). Add Sixel graphics
engine with virtual framebuffer (SCREEN 1: 320x200, SCREEN 2:
640x200), Bresenham line drawing, midpoint circle, flood fill PAINT,
DRAW mini-language parser, and Sixel encoder with RLE. Replace all
graphics stubs with real implementations (PSET, LINE, CIRCLE, DRAW,
PAINT, COLOR, SCREEN, POINT). Fix AND/OR/XOR operator precedence
to be lower than relational operators. Add 13 classic test programs
(39 total). Bump version to 0.5.0.
Add CHAIN statement for loading and running chained programs with
optional ALL flag to preserve variables. Extend RUN to accept a
filename string argument. Implement random-access file I/O with
FIELD, LSET, RSET, PUT#, GET# and the MBF conversion functions
CVI/CVS/CVD/MKI$/MKS$/MKD$. Add COMMON statement (parse and skip).
Five new test programs covering all new features (27 total).
Add OPEN/CLOSE with both modern (OPEN "f" FOR OUTPUT AS #n) and compact
(OPEN "O",#n,"f") syntaxes. PRINT#, WRITE#, INPUT#, LINE INPUT# for
sequential file access. EOF() now returns real file status with peek-ahead.
LOC/LOF return approximate values.
PRINT USING with numeric (#, ., +, -, $$, **, ^^^^, comma grouping) and
string (!, &, \ \) format specifiers. Shared by PRINT USING and PRINT# USING.
SAVE (ASCII), LOAD (with ,R auto-run), and MERGE for program persistence.
MID$ assignment (MID$(var$, start [,len]) = expr) for in-place string
modification. Works with both scalar variables and array elements.
Graphics stubs for SCREEN, PSET, PRESET, LINE, CIRCLE, DRAW, PAINT,
VIEW, WINDOW, PALETTE - parse and discard arguments so graphics-heavy
programs don't crash.
SYSTEM and NEW/CLEAR now close all open files. Version bumped to 0.3.0.
22 tests pass (16 existing + 6 new).
Add variable storage (scalar and array), program line storage with
RUN/LIST/NEW, and full control flow: FOR/NEXT, GOTO, GOSUB/RETURN,
IF/THEN/ELSE, WHILE/WEND, ON GOTO/GOSUB, DATA/READ/RESTORE.
New modules: interp.c (1445 lines - execution loop and statement
dispatcher), vars.c, arrays.c, input.c. Version bumped to 0.2.0.
16 test programs pass including Leibniz pi and prime sieve.
GW-BASIC reimplementation in C11, using Microsoft's open-sourced 8088
assembly as the authoritative reference.
Tokenizer (CRUNCH/LIST), expression evaluator with operator precedence,
all math functions (SIN, COS, TAN, ATN, SQR, LOG, EXP, RND, etc.),
string functions (LEFT$, RIGHT$, MID$, CHR$, ASC, VAL, STR$, etc.),
PRINT statement with comma/semicolon zones, TAB(), SPC().
Handles integer/single/double types with correct promotion, D exponent
for double-precision literals, type suffixes (%, !, #), &H hex/&O octal
literals, MBF conversion routines, and GW-BASIC-compatible number
formatting.
Platform-independent via HAL vtable; POSIX backend included.
Eremey Valetov