SkoolKit 4.x changelog¶

4.5 (2015-07-04)¶

Added support to tap2sna.py for TZX block type 0x14 (pure data), for loading the first and last bytes of a tape block (which are usually, but not always, the flag and parity bytes), and for modifying memory with XOR and ADD operations
Added the --clear option to bin2tap.py (to use a CLEAR command in the BASIC loader and leave the stack pointer alone)
Added the --end option to bin2tap.py and the ability to convert SNA, SZX and Z80 snapshots
Added --start and --end options to skool2asm.py, skool2ctl.py and skool2sft.py
The --start and --end options of sna2skool.py now take effect when reading a control file or a skool file template
Added support to skool2ctl.py and skool2sft.py for preserving characters in DEFW statements (e.g. DEFW "!")
Added support for characters in DEFS statements (e.g. DEFS 10,"!")
Fixed how tap2sna.py compresses a RAM block that contains a single ED followed by five or more identical values (e.g. ED0101010101)
Fixed the erroneous replacement of DEFS operands with labels
Fixed how instruction-level comments that contain braces are restored from a control file
Fixed the handling of terminal compound sublengths on ‘S’ directives (e.g. S 30000,10,5:32)

Added support to control files and skool file templates for specifying that numeric values in instruction operands be rendered as characters or in a specific base
Added support for @ssub block directives
Added the --end option to sna2skool.py (for specifying the address at which to stop disassembling)
Added the --ctl-hex-lower option to sna2skool.py (for writing addresses in lower case hexadecimal format in the generated control file)
Added the --hex-lower option to skool2ctl.py and skool2sft.py (for writing addresses in lower case hexadecimal format)
Fixed the parsing of DEFB and DEFM statements that contain semicolons
Fixed the base conversion of LD (HL),n instructions that contain extraneous whitespace (e.g. LD ( HL ),5)
Fixed the erroneous replacement of RST operands with labels in HTML output
Fixed the handling of uncompressed version 1 Z80 snapshots by sna2skool.py

Added support for block start comments (which appear after the register section and before the first instruction in a routine or data block)
Added the CodeFiles parameter to the [Paths] section (for specifying the format of a disassembly page filename based on the address of the routine or data block)
Added the AddressAnchor parameter to the [Game] section (for specifying the format of the anchors attached to instructions on disassembly pages and entries on memory map pages)
The #FONT, #SCR and #UDG macros now have the ability to create frames for an animated image
Added the --line-width option to sna2skool.py (for specifying the maximum line width of the skool file)
Writing an ASM directive in a skool file can now be done by starting a line with @; writing an ASM directive by starting a line with ; @ is deprecated
Added the @ directive for declaring ASM directives in a control file; the old style of declaring ASM directives (; @directive:address[=value]) is deprecated
Fixed the flip_udgs() and rotate_udgs() methods on HtmlWriter so that they work with a UDG array that contains the same UDG in more than one place
Fixed the bug that prevents register descriptions from being HTML-escaped
Fixed the erroneous substitution of address labels in instructions that have 8-bit numeric operands

Added support for control directive loops using the L directive
Added support to control files for preserving the location of @ignoreua directives
Each image macro now has the ability to specify alt text for the <img> element it produces
Added support for splitting register descriptions over multiple lines
skool2asm.py now warns about unconverted addresses in register descriptions, and the @ignoreua directive can be used to suppress such warnings
Added the table, table_cell, table_header_cell and table_row templates (for formatting tables produced by the #TABLE macro)
Added the list and list_item templates (for formatting lists produced by the #LIST macro)
Fixed the bug that prevents the expansion of skool macros in the intro text of a [Changelog:*] section

Updated links to SkoolKit’s new home at skoolkit.ca
Added example control and ref files for Hungry Horace
Removed the Manic Miner disassembly from the SkoolKit distribution; it is now being developed separately here

Added the --search option to skool2html.py (to add a directory to the resource search path)
Added the --writer option to skool2html.py (for specifying the HTML writer class to use)
Added the --writer option to skool2asm.py (for specifying the ASM writer class to use)
Added the LinkInternalOperands parameter to the [Game] section (for specifying whether to hyperlink instruction operands that refer to an address in the same entry)
Register sections in b, g, s, t, u and w blocks are now included in the output of skool2asm.py and skool2html.py
Fixed how the address ‘0’ is rendered in HTML output when converted to decimal or hexadecimal
Fixed the bug that creates a broken hyperlink in a DEFW statement or LD instruction that refers to the address of an ignored entry
Removed the Jet Set Willy disassembly from the SkoolKit distribution; it is now being developed separately here

Every HTML page is built from templates defined in [Template:*] sections in the ref file
Added support for keyword arguments to the #FONT, #SCR, #UDG and #UDGARRAY macros
Added the mask parameter to the #UDG and #UDGARRAY macros (for specifying the type of mask to apply)
Added support for defining page headers in the [PageHeaders] section of the ref file
Added the --ref-file and --ref-sections options to skool2html.py (to show the entire default ref file or individual sections of it)
Added the EntryDescriptions parameter to the [MemoryMap:*] section (for specifying whether to display entry descriptions on a memory map page)
Added the LengthColumn parameter to the [MemoryMap:*] section (for specifying whether to display the ‘Length’ column on a memory map page)