The Blassic application was developed to be a classic Basic interpreter. The line numbers are mandatory, and it has PEEK & POKE. The main goal is to execute programs written in old interpreters, even those that use peculiar control flow constructs or automodifiable code.However, it can be used as a scripting language, and has some not-so-classic instructions. It has graphics modes that are compatible with some classic systems and user defined.
Command line options:
-a n1[,n2]Auto number values. n1 is the first line number to be used, n2 the increment. Stablishes the values for the system vars AutoInit and AutoInc.--allflagsSet all compatibility flags to 1. Useful only for testing.--appleIIAjust several system vars to Apple II Basic compatibility.--cpcAjust several system vars to Amstrad CPC Basic compatibility.-dDetach from console.--debug levelSet the debug level to level, the value is asigned to the DebugLevel system var and is used by the IF_DEBUG instruction.-e commandExecute command and exit. Must be the last option. You must take care with the quoting conventions of your shell.Example in unix whith sh: blassic -e 'print "Hola" '--erroutRedirect the error output to the standard output.--gwbasicAdjust several system vars to GW Basic compatibility.--infoShow additional info in some error conditions.--lfcrConvert line feed to carriage return in INKEY$ and GET in text mode in unix.-m mode_number | mode_name | widthxheightMode. Executes MODE mode_number or MODE "mode_name" or MODE width, height.--norunIf a program is specified as argument, load it but not run.-p list of expressionsPrint each of the expressions with the PRINT instruction.--rotateRotate 90 degrees all graphics modes. Useful on PDAs. Arrow keys are also rotated.--spectrumAdjust several system vars to Spectrum Basic compatibility.--tronEnter tron mode. Same effect as the TRON instruction without arguments.--tronlineEntre tron line mode. Same effect as the TRON LINE instruction without arguments.-x keywordExclude keyword from the list of Blassic keywords. Useful to execute a program that uses a Blassic keyword as variable name. Can be specified several times to exclude more keywords. Inside of a list of expressions for the -p option marks the end of the list. In other case, marks the end of options. Used as program name means read the program form standard input.
Blassic runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
GNU Public License
license
— the installer is 340 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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