[Amforth-devel] python uploading script

[pix <pi...@te...>]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 06:57:48AM +0100, pix wrote:
> i've just been working on a python script to upload forth source files
> to amforth. it watches the character echo to do a kind of software
> flow control, and waits for a prompt after each line. to test it with
> different inputs, i've been using the files in blocks, and when i hit
> blocks/interrupts.frt i ran into what i think is a parser bug in
> amforth.

i took hans' suggestion and made it strip out comments before uploading.
it uses a regular expression, so there is the possibility that it will
strip out comment-shaped things inside a ." " group, but apart from that
it seems to work.

the script is here:

http://libarynth.fo.am/cgi-bin/view/Libarynth/AmForth#better%20uploading%20with%20python

you probably need linux or at least osx to run this. it might also work
under windows if it is possible to specify a serial port as a filename
(like COM1:).

i also have a note on the page about adding backup/restore rules to the
makefile, because matthias said this was tricky in an earlier post.

pix.