File brandy.changes of Package brandy
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Wed Sep 10 06:35:41 UTC 2025 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
- Update to version 1.23.5
* Too many changes to list, see docs/ChangeLog
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Fri Sep 20 10:43:56 UTC 2019 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
- Update to version 1.22.1
* Make the old BASIC I-IV compatible integer mathematics
available via a run-time switchable setting.
* Integer addition and subtraction will now return integer if
it fits, else a float. (Legacy mode: unchanged, will always
return an int, with wraparound).
* Integer multiplication follows new code path at all times,
old int-only implementation didn't match any Acorn BBC BASIC
version and is thus a bug.
* Fixed stack pointer leak bug.
* Fixed behaviour setting HIMEM immediately after LOADing a
file
* SYS "Brandy_GetVideoDriver" extended, returns MODE 7
framebuffer base in R4.
* RISC OS style sound working. MANY thanks to David Hawes.
* Separate out segfault memory error to its own error message.
* Fix pass-back of strings from SYS on 64-bit systems.
* Fix sound with volume = 0 (Thanks David Hawes)
* Sound updates in StringLib family (Thanks David Hawes)
* Bug fix for VAL - it should ONLY handle decimal numbers (not
hex or binary)
* Fix flood fill (it just didn't work right), new
implementation is however quite memory hungry and recursive.
* Signal handler updated, longjmps now use siglongjmp.
check_read() and check_write() no longer required. Note this
also allows a program to trample on the BASIC stack.
* Many keyboard updates (Thanks Jonathan Harston)
Version 1.22.0:
* Change identifier to BASIC VI (which is BASIC V with 64-bit
FP maths, which is what Brandy has always done)
* *SPOOL and *SPOOLON implemented.
* Fix integer overflows when converting from floats.
* Fix intermittent crash when execution hits a DEF statement.
* Added a run-time switchable setting for INT() whether it can
process numbers out of range of a 32-bit int data type.
Default is off.
* Implement the AUTO command.
version 1.21.21:
* Centisecond timer polling hived off to its own thread, as
polling it every command iteration for ESCAPE checking was
expensive.
* Program execution now much faster than before, and slightly
faster again when ESCAPE is disabled via *FX200.
* Renamed some #DEFINEs as they were colliding on a new gcc on
Cygwin.
* ESCAPE on VDU14 paged mode now works.
* INKEY no longer swallows a non-matching keypress.
* Some more OS SWIs implemented (the Snow demo from RISC OS
Pico for RasPi now runs unmodified).
* Optionally allow an unselectable MODE to be substituted with
another one instead of reporting "Screen mode is not
available".
* Some more Raspberry Pi GPIO stuff, including recognising
most RISC OS GPIO module SWI names, and implementing a few.
* Unsupported colour depths are mapped to 24-bit (previously
was 8-bit), so a program asking for a 15-bit mode will be
able to draw colours as largely intended.
* Extended OSBYTE 42 to allow an immediate refresh -
SYS6,42,16 may be faster than parsing "*REFRESH" for
anything time-critical (and obvious functionality that was
missing from the interface)
* Quotes are stripped if appropriate from *ScreenSave and
*ScreenLoad. They remain optional for filenames which
include spaces.
version 1.21.20:
* Improved CIRCLE FILL and ELLIPSE FILL routines.
* Added -v CLI option - thanks TheBrokenRail @ Github.
* Reworked graphics window clipping, as it was completely
broken.
* Fixed string return values from SWI calls, hopefully they
will not break on 64-bit systems
* Added SWI "Brandy_GetVideoDriver" as a wrapper for
SDL_VideoDriverName, additionally returns "no_sdl" for
non-SDL builds
* Extended SWI "Brandy_Version" to also return host OS and
whether or not it's an SDL build.
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Sat Mar 2 17:00:48 UTC 2019 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
- Update to version 1.21.19
* Hopefully fixed the spurious cursor remnants.
* Ellipses with shears now implemented, PLOT &C5 and PLOT &CD
now work correctly (fill implementation could possibly be
improved).
Other variants to be tested.
* ELLIPSE [FILL] command with non-zero angle now supported.
* MODE 7: Update screen on WAIT-delay, and flash continues
during WAIT.
* MODE 7: Increase display accuracy at the expense of
performance, switchable via VDU23,18,1,x| - bit 0 is also now
implemented.
* MODE 7: *REFRESH now does the right thing.
* WAIT can now be interrupted with ESCAPE.
* Invocation behaviour change: brandy <filename> now assumes
-quit instead of -chain.
* Support for shrouded BASIC programs, examples/shroud will
shroud a program hiding the source code. It is itself
shrouded. A shrouded program cannot be LOADed or CHAINed,
and can only be invoked from the command
line.
* Makefile and code improvement contributions from ccawley2011
@ github.
* Corrected behaviour of EOF#0, BPUT#0, BGET#0 etc, thanks
dhg2 @ Stardot.
* *EXEC implemented. Idea from Richard Russell.
* *-commands that call out to external commands from Windows
no longer cause a CMD window to open, also fixing the "stuck
key" problem associated with this. Thanks to Richard Russell
for the guidance here.
version V1.21.18
* *SHOW implemented (JGHarston)
* Bug fix for DEL in text-only builds (JGHarston)
* Limit *WinTitle to SDL and UNIX builds - it's a no-op
otherwise.
* MODE 7 scrolling text fix
* MODE 135 now selects MODE 7.
* Fix VDU20 for text-mode UNIX build
* Top-level makefiles now read BRANDY_BUILD_FLAGS environment
variable for additional build flags
* New keyboard handler (JGHarston) - add -DNEWKBD to makefile
to CFLAGS or define BRANDY_BUILD_FLAGS=-DNEWKBD in your shell
environment to use.
version V1.21.17
* Fix memory leak in MODE change
* Fix Filled Rectangles and CLG with GCOL actions, previously
implemented and rather promptly broken.
* Fixed Flash on Mode 7 on 64-bit machines.
* Fixed Escape on 32-bit machines.
* Improved INKEY(negative) handling and other keyboard bugs,
thank you JGHarston.
* Fix reading strings from DATA with included quote marks.
* Fix LSL (<<), ASR (>>) and LSR (>>>) to replicate RISC OS
behaviour.
* VDU19 palette changes now update the screen immediately.
Also, now has no effect in MODE 7.
* Mouse display behaviour changed - if fullscreen mode
enabled, mouse is off upon mode change or startup; if
windowed, mouse is on.
* Telstar client now includes NXtel, and a new, more robust,
mechanism of calculating high-bit escaped characters, as
NXtel did it differently to Telstar or CCl4.
version V1.21.16
* Added auto-sensing support for the Raspberry Pi's GPIO
interface, with memory-mapped I/O and SYS calls. While the
calls are recognised on all builds, it's only active on the
Raspberry Pi.
* Bug fix (regression): LIST in text builds would error after
one line.
* Adjust graphsdl.c:buff_convex_poly bounds checking to allow
off-screen drawing (we limit this elsewhere). For example,
triangles drawn offscreen. will now appear to be chopped off,
rather than squashed into the screen.
* Bug fix for out-of-bounds array scribbling when off screen.
* Code refactor - SYS calls are now (with a few exceptions) in
their own file.
* Performance improvements to Mode 7, and fix rendering bug
when ESCAPE was disabled.
* Telstar client now includes Authentic mode, where a delay is
added to each character rendering to simulate
(approximately) a 1200baud modem.
* Implemented AND=, OR=, EOR=, MOD= and DIV= from BB4W/BBCSDL
and JGH's ARM BBC BASIC Plus.
version V1.21.15
* Bug fix: Setting *KEY15 scribbled outside array bounds.
* Bug fix: Erroneously trimming a string introduced in V1.21.8.
* Improvement: In networking code, move WSAStartup (MinGW) to
init, if this fails, disable networking.
* Enabled VDU14/15 scroll paging. Note, by default Brandy uses
CTRL-N for accessing the next line in the command line
history (along with CTRL-P for previous line). OSBYTE 44
with x=0 disables this, so CTRL-N will send the VDU14 code,
CTRL-P will send the VDU16 (CLG) code. (CTRL-O will always
send the VDU15 code)
* Enabled VDU23,16; currently bits other than 3 are observed.
This sets the scroll protect mode, X and Y cursor movement
and whether the screen is overprinted or scrolled when the Y
limit is reached, and whether VDU5 mode linewraps.
(Bit 3, making Y horizontal and X vertical is NOT supported.)
Default value is 1 (*CONFIGURE NOSCROLL on RISC OS or BBC
Master) and the VDU mode when RISC OS Desktop is running (or
in a single tasking state from F12 or Exit) regardless of
Scroll/NoScroll configuration setting.
* Fix compiler warnings for MinGW - and allow DOS-type
commands to return their output to the SDL window (so *dir
works for example).
* Flush SDL queue on INKEY and MOUSE reads, otherwise events
start to get missed (bonus point: Close window icon is more
responsive.)
* LISTing a program now stops on ESCAPE.
* Code cleanup part 1: Identify functions that can be declared
static.
* Code cleanup part 2: Remove static functions that are never
called from anywhere.
* Updated some of the documentation to reflect the changes
introduced in Matrix Brandy.
* Improved the Mode 7 appearance (thanks to Risc OS 5!) - see
docs/Mode7.txt
- Dropped brandy-flags.patch (no longer necessary)
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Fri Sep 28 10:18:08 UTC 2018 - Luigi Baldoni <aloisio@gmx.com>
- Update to version 1.21.14
* ChangeLog layout change: Most recent release first.
* Similar to the GET fix in V1.21.11, the same problem of
spurious zero returns was occurring with INKEY(delay).
This is now fixed.
* Bug fix for CLS when a text window is active, the cursor was
not being homed.
* Bug fix for VDU28 text windows where bottom or right were
out of range.
* Bug fix for text cursor appearing inappropriately in VDU5
mode.
* Fix more compiler warnings - thanks bakoulis and Coeus at
Stardot for highlighting where their compilers were warning
where mine wasn't, and for suggesting a fix.
* PLOT actions redirected to new primitives that support GCOL
action codes, both foreground and background codes work.
* Behaviour of DELETE (and VDU127) is corrected.
* WAIT (with no parameters) to wait for VSYNC implemented, as
far as is possible in SDL.
* 24-bit colour support enabled.
* MOUSE TO implemented.
* Code clean-up, "text mode" in SDL screen removed. It's never
been used since the appearance of MODEs 3 and 6 were
corrected.
* BrandyApp compilation on Linux changed to using a library to
simplify the build process.
* Telstar client updated, enhancements from gARetH baBB -
thank you!
- Refreshed brandy-flags.patch
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Fri Sep 14 10:28:43 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Update to version 1.21.13
* Rework temp file bits to use mkstemp instead of tmpnam.
* Reinstated MODE 7 width setting via VDU23,18,255 (from
1.21.7). Note that it does not resize the window, and
re-selecting MODE 7 restores the default glyph width of 16.
* Add *ScreenSave - saves the displayed screen as a Windows
Bitmap file
* Add *ScreenLoad - Loads the screen into the currently
selected display bank for VDU writes
* Initial makefile for SDL on MinGW. Much testing required.
* New Mode 7 demo. Some Prestel graphics, and images from the
edit.tf online Teletext page editor. Unlike the BBCSDL demo
this embeds the data in the program itself. Apart from
pressing R to reveal it isn't Brandy-specific.
* New Telstar client. Screen updates seem faster, with more
convincing double-height.
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Sun Sep 2 14:02:58 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Update to version V1.21.12
* Bug fixed: Closed file warning clobbered ERR value. Thanks to
dhg2 @ Stardot for highlighting this one.
* Bug fixed: OSWORD via &FFF1 wasn't returning the A register.
Thanks to luigino @ Github for highlighting this.
* Bugs fixed: Multiple compiler warnings when compiled with
-Wall, and static analysis.
* Bug fixed: Text-only builds no longer complain about
"Unsupported Basic V feature" when using WAIT.
* Brought the text-only builds up to date, brought makefile.text
back to top level.
* *WinTitle now works on text-only builds using XTerm control
codes.
* Changing screen mode no longer clears FULLSCREEN.
* Expanded OSBYTE 42 to get or set fullscreen state, and fixed
an off-by-one error in returning Refresh state.
* RPM SPEC file now builds text builds as well as the graphical
build, the resulting RPM includes all three builds (graphical,
text, simple-text).
- Dropped brandy-no_return_in_nonvoid.patch (fixed upstream)
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Fri Aug 24 12:13:49 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Update to version 1.21.11
* Bug fixed: POINT(x,y) should return the logical mode-specific
colour number rather than an RGB value.
* Bug fixed: GET returning 0 and key value for some keys
* Bug fixed: Crash when ON ERROR handler invoked in program run
using CHAIN at immediate mode
* Initial structure in place for OSWORD; OSWORD 10 implemented
including BBC-style call to &FFF1 and SWI &07.
* OSBYTEs 134 and 165 implemented. As Brandy doesn't have the
Acorn-style editing cursor, these two function identically.
* OSBYTEs 106 and 135 implemented partially (135 only complete
in MODE 7), 106 can only turn the pointer on or off.
* Invocation behaviour change:
If BASIC program starts with # as the first character, assume
we have a shell-compatible start line that is invoking Brandy.
In this case, if the program is started on the Linux command
line as a parameter to Brandy, it will exit upon program
completion instead of returning to immediate mode (as if -quit
was set on the command line). This also means a BASIC program
can be made executable and will run when run as a script, and
Brandy will exit upon completion.
- Added brandy-no_return_in_nonvoid.patch
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Tue Aug 21 07:41:24 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Update to version V1.21.10
* *REFRESH now follows BB4W/BBCSDL behaviour, with extension
*REFRESH ONERROR which uses the behaviour from V1.21.9
(disabled, re-enabled on error)
* COLOUR r,g,b and GCOL r,g,b now behaves properly when values
> 255 supplied.
* OSBYTE 42 implemented to allow BASIC and user programs to
get and set REFRESH state, allowing access while maintaining
logical separation of language and MOS.
* OSBYTEs 40 and 41 implmented for fine-tuning the ESCAPE
polling. OSBYTE 40 with X=0 resets to default.
* Screen banks enabled, set at compile time (default is 4).
Use with OSBYTE 112 and 113. Not enabled for MODE 7.
* OSBYTEs 20 and 25 implemented for resetting the system font.
* BB4W/BBCSDL's VDU23,22 implemented to a degree, defining
MODE 126.
* MODEs 3 and 6 now have black bars when background colour
used.
* RISC OS 3.5-style MODE commands will define a new mode (126)
if a previously defined mode is not available. The extended
RISC OS 5.x format is not supported.
* *NewMode extended to allow input of X and Y eigen factors,
used internally by the MODE "string" format.
* Initial SWI support, currently only a few SWIs are supported.
No support for external modules, all supported SWIs are part
of the MOS code.
* examples/teklib updated - this pre-dates SDL support for
Brandy, using Tek to provide an element of graphics. This
has been updated to use OSBYTE 43 to send characters to the
controlling terminal, so if run from an xterm, the old Tek
demos once again run correctly as intended.
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Fri Aug 10 14:25:23 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Update to version 1.21.9
* Implement *REFRESH (based on RTR's BB4W/BBCSDL).
* Possible divergence: An error condition will re-enable
Refresh.
* INKEY implementation improved, we now also pick up mouse keys.
* ESCAPE now works within the SDL window. *FX229 also
implemented to disable or enable ESCAPE.
* Display warnings/help for *NewMode
* Improve rendering of MODEs 3 and 6.
* MODE 7 flash now locked to the centisecond timer.
* MODE 7 screeen memory: An earlier omission meant only the
byte pointer functions worked, now word pointer functions
also work.
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Tue Aug 7 11:40:32 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Update to version 1.21.8
- Dropped brandy-bounds_check_token_arrays.patch and
brandy-bounds_check_token_arrays.patch (merged upstream)
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Fri Aug 3 17:37:29 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Backported brandy-use_getaddrinfo.patch to fix the
gethostbyname() warning
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Fri Aug 3 13:38:16 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Backported brandy-bounds_check_token_arrays.patch to fix array
overflow warning
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Fri Aug 3 12:06:44 UTC 2018 - aloisio@gmx.com
- Initial package (1.21.7)
