Code editor (and or tools) on a mac

[Thelen]

I was wondering, what is today a recommended setup to program 6502 assembly? And that, on a Mac - what code editor is nice to use?

 

Are there also some ntools on a mac for the A8?

Nearly two decades ago I used notepad(Windows), Xasm, Atari800win and a .bat file which compiled it and started it in the Emulator.

I'm sorry if this thread already exists...I searched but couldn't find it ?
 

Thanks!


 

[Wrathchild]

You can use visual studio code on a Mac

 

[sanny]

Emacs ?

[+selgus]

I've been using BBEdit for my 6502 coding for decades now on my Mac. Have a custom config for syntax highlighting for the 65c02 instruction set, and support for MADS assembler.

[flashjazzcat]

Nothing can touch WUDSN IDE on Eclipse at the moment for sheer functionality (code outlining, full recursive parsing of the entire project tree, etc).

 

[+bhall408]

On 9/9/2021 at 1:15 AM, Thelen said:

I was wondering, what is today a recommended setup to program 6502 assembly? And that, on a Mac - what code editor is nice to use?

 

I personally have been using ca65 from the command line with BBEdit as the text editor.

 

I have been converting all of my old 80s projects that had been done in Atari Macro Assembler to it, and loving it.

 

So far I have posted a very small project to Github -- you can check that out to see how the pieces all come together.

 

A scan of the old AMAC code is posted as well as the modern ca65 files + makefile.

 

https://github.com/bhall408/atari800-touchpad-keyboard-controller

 

I have a voice digitizer app and a few games that I will eventually be posting, all using ca65.

 

I have some text adventures done in BASIC that may also wind up on GitHub later on.

 

And finally a BBS that I co-wrote in the mid-80s that was originally done in Deep Blue C, then ACE C, and has now been moved (but not yet finished) using cc65+ca65.

 

[Thelen]

Thanks for all the reply's! I'm gonna look what suits my needs ?