PC-BASIC release 2.0.5

[robhagemans]

For desktop use, use one of the installers here.
For Python use, install with pip3 install pcbasic.

Selected improvements

• Fix crash on reading from font memory
• Fix Edit prompt does not appear when a Syntax Error is trapped and the trap interrupted with Ctrl+Break #194: correctly display edit prompt when interrupting a syntax error trap with ctrl+break
• Fix missing Ok prompt after syntax error before EDIT prompt
• Fix tokenisation of wide GO TO with following text
• Fix detokenising lone ELSE and ELSE after something else than :
• Fix issue Converter adds a space between FN and other token keywords #193: ensure there's no space between FN, USR and any following keyword
• Fix issue Cursor colour anomaly when changing character with POKE #191: change cursor colour if cell attribute changed by POKE
• Fix issue Line feed Ctrl+J does not get read correctly in interactive mode #196 writing program lines with LF
• Fix issue Colour differences when scrolling down after continuing a line beyond col 80 #197: do not scroll down when printing past overflow
• Fix incorrect clipboard copy with dbcs due to halfwidth-fullwidth counting differences
• Fix cursor shift anomalies when inserting halfwidth characters in fullwidth dbcs text
• Fix LISTing program with line feed
• Fix Issues relating to the overflow position on the screen #190: various overflow and scroll issues
• Fix issue PRINT CHR$(10) should not connect/wrap lines #192: PRINT CHR$(10) should not connect/wrap lines
• Fix clearing line through ESC on input line away from the prompt row
• Fix issue PC-BASIC 2 graphics do not update between PSET calls #166: graphics do not update between PSET calls
• Fix issue OPTION BASE should be allowed after ERASEing all arrays #185 - OPTION BASE should be ok after ERASEing all arrays
• Fix issue Record length is ignored when writing RANDOM files #187: incorrect record length for RANDOM files
• Fix issue STRIG function - buttons mapped to wrong joystick #158: STRIG function - buttons mapped to wrong joystick
• Fix crash on Tandy SCREEN 6 PUT, reported in Tandy SCREEN 6 (640x200x4-color) GET gets 2x size expected #163
• Fix issue from collections import Iterable fails on Python 3.10 #171: Python 3.10 crash
• Fix issue Off-by-one error in array indexing #182: range off by one in to_list
• Fix issue Session: executing "GOSUB line" after entering program → strange result #184: executing GOSUB after entering program
• Reduce cpu load when pause button is active
• Improve responsiveness to event triggers
• Various testing improvements
• Various documentation improvements

SHA-256 hashes

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