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ps2devman · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 265

PN2 (Programmer's Notepad v2.6.0.1) is free and can be found here :
http://www.pnotepad.org

The mass of code I'm handling is becoming really huge, and I felt the need to have some tool able to take me right to the faulty line when a compilation error occurs, even if I'm just using cygwin alone (i.e you type "make" in a cygwin window to compile programs).

PN2 brought me that instantly (Pn doesn't need to be installed, just put it in any directory).

Here is how I've attached F9 key to an automatic make+report errors/send binary to console operation :
- copy cygwin.bat in order to create cygwin_make.bat (in \cygwin)
- at top of cygwin_make.bat, add this line :
set AUTOMAKE=ON
- in your account directory, add this line in .bashrc file :
(assuming your project is in subdirectory myproject):
if [ -n "$AUTOMAKE" ]; then cd myproject; make; exit; fi

Now if cygwin_make.bat is launched instead of cygwin.bat, session opens, make is done, session is closed.

In PN2, now, go in Tools->Options. Select Tools on bottom left. Select "(None) - Global tools" in Scheme combolist at top. Click Add. Fill in the fields :
Name: Make
Command: c:\cygwin\cygwin_make.bat
Folder: <full path to your project files, or file won't be shown when you click an error report line>
Shortcut: F9 (select field and press F9)
Save: All files

Now just hit F9 to save, make, and eventually send to console (if your makefile launch ftp2xbox.bat or ps2client.exe - see Pong makefile for example)

You can also save the list (.pnws) of all the text files you opened so they can be opened automatically later, if you associate .pnws to pn.exe, and double click .pnws file.

(I bet this method can still be improved)

Henk · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 14

Thanks for the info. I downloaded it and will have a look at it.

Since I'm developing on a linux system (I never bothered with that cygwin stuff) I will try out how I can get the same stuff done via ssh and samba.

If I get it to work I'll post a howto :)

ubergeek42 · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 83

That looks nice, I've been using eclipse for a while, but this looks slicker, and probably less prone to crashing.

J.F. · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 2906

Folks on a linux system would be better off using gedit for lightweight programming. It has the same kind of functionality the original poster talks about plus a bit more. If you want something a bit more extensive, but not nearly as heavy as Eclipse, try Code Blocks. That's in the Fedora Extras repo, among other places.

dlanor · Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 269 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

sparrow · Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 24

Hi folks!

I use Crimson Editor + BAT file (which spawns bash, so all make process is done under cygwin, not under windows).

Here are the contents of my RUN.BAT file:

ps2devman · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 265

Wow thanks a lots. I will try it.

ps2devman · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 265

Mmm... -c doesn't seem to work for my bash, but you gave me ideas for some improvement for the pn2 method
(it's strange, I have the feeling pn2 is a just another version of crimson editor, window seems strangely similar)

new method for pn2 (more flexible) :

add this to cygwin.bat (after echo off and before the call to bash) :
set CYGWINPARAM1=%1
set CYGWINPARAM2=%2
set CYGWINPARAM3=%3
set CYGWINPARAM4=%4
set CYGWINPARAM5=%5

add this to .bashrc (so it's executed by bash, no problem):
if [ -n "$CYGWINPARAM1" ]; then
cd $CYGWINPARAM1
if [ -n "$CYGWINPARAM2" ]; then
$CYGWINPARAM2 $CYGWINPARAM3 $CYGWINPARAM4 $CYGWINPARAM5
fi
exit
fi

In PN2, now, go in Tools->Options. Select Tools on bottom left. Select "(None) - Global tools" in Scheme combolist at top. Click Add. Fill in the fields :

Name: Make
Command: c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
Folder: %d
Parameters: %d make
Shortcut: F9 (select field and press F9)
Save: All files

Name: Make clean
Command: c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
Folder: %d
Parameters: %d make clean
Shortcut: F12 (select field and press F12)
Save: All files

ps2devman · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 265

To assemble .vsm (consider it as a vertex/pixel shader source on PS2)
into an object file .o :

Name: Dvp-as
Command: c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
Folder: %d
Parameters: %d /usr/local/ps2dev/dvp/bin/dvp-as %n.vsm -o %n.o
Shortcut: F4 (select field and press F4)
Save: All files

(since errors are reported the standard way, clicking an error line takes you correctly to line in .vsm source)

Saotome's little 'vulib' seems the easiest way to directly use the .o contents afterwards from within .elf code.
(http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=2812)

ps2devman · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 265

To compile .vcl (easy to read Vu Command Line preprocessor source)
into a .vsm source

Name: Vcl
Command: c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
Folder: %d
Parameters: %d vcl_14beta7 -o%n.vsm -G %n.vcl
Shortcut: F7 (select field and press F7)
Save: All files

You can find vcl_14beta7 here:
http://playstation2-linux.com/projects/vcl/

Note that I use -G instead of -g because I don't have ee-gasp.
So I use cpp macro expander instead of ee-gasp
(#define instead of .crap)

These Parameters reach the limit of 5 parameters, so, if you need more parameters, of course, add more constants in cygwin.bat and .bashrc

ps2devman · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 265

Well... it seems that no using gasp is quite insane...
After seaching through forums posts, I could finally obtain gasp.
With it, nice .vcl samples out there can be finally optimized into .vsm.

Name: Vcl (optimizes ps2 .vcl into .vsm)
Command: c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
Folder: %d
Parameters: %d gasp_vcl.sh %n.vcl %n.vsm
Shortcut: F7 (select field and press F7)
Save: All files
This tool will modify the current file: Yes

If you are lazy, all you need is this archive :
http://home.tele2.fr/~fr-51785/ps2_gasp_vcl.zip

If you want the details, here they are :

gasp_vcl.sh and other binaries must be copied into /usr/local/bin

gasp_vcl.sh contents ("masp -P ." is similar to "gasp"):
masp -P . $CYGWINPARAM3 | vcl_14beta7 -o$CYGWINPARAM4

(.vcl/.vsm in PS2 world are similar to .cg/.vsh in Nvidia world)

Useful links :
vcl comes from here: http://playstation2-linux.com/projects/vcl/ (vcl.1.4.beta7.x86.tgz)
vulib can be found here: http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=2812 (vu-lib.zip)
masp comes from here: http://cosmos.raunvis.hi.is/~johannos/masp/ (masp-0.1.16.tar.gz)

Masp compiles with errors. Here is what you have to fix if you want to recompile it:
1) liberty/getpagesize.c : just comment the whole function getpagesize (exists already)
2) liberty/vsprintf.c : replace #include <varargs.h> with #include <stdarg.h>
3) src/masp.c, line 4282 : Add the missing final \ (PN2 will show the line in purple)

Nasty issue found in Masp :
For example, in basic.vcl (from one of the great vcl samples), you find this line :
mat_x_mat Transform, LocalWorld, ScreenMat ; mat_x_mat nm,lm,rm nm = lm x rm

mat_x_mat is a macro defined in vumacros.m, but won't be expanded at all because of the trailing comment. You will have to remove any comment found behind macros (or break line).

ps2devman · Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 265

Name: Addr2line (a window will pop up to ask for the hexa address)
Command: c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat
Folder: %d
Parameters: %d addr2line -e test.elf %?
Shortcut: F4 (select field and press F4)
Save: None