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Expand Up @@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ There are, basically, two flavors (both with identical capabilities):

- For Windows you can download de win32 executable (Windows .exe zip package) version.
To install just uncompress it in a directory of your choice.
The main executable is `zxb.exe` (more on this later). With this toolchain
The main executable is `zxbc.exe` (more on this later). With this toolchain
also comes `zxbasm.exe` (the assembler) and `zxbpp.exe` (the preprocessor), but these
are not needed when programming in BASIC.

- For Linux and Mac OSX there is a python version, so you will need a python
interpreter (available on many platforms, and usually already installed in Linux and Mac OSX).
Just uncompress it in a directory of your choice and installation is done. :-)
The main executables are `zxb.py` (the compiler), `zxbasm.py` (the assembler) and `zxbpp.py` (the preprocessor).
The main executables are `zxbc.py` (the compiler), `zxbasm.py` (the assembler) and `zxbpp.py` (the preprocessor).
You can use this version in Windows, but will need to install a python interpreter first.

##### Examples
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-----------

For a quick start, just open a terminal in your PC in the same directory you uncompressed ZX Basic
and type `zxb` (on Windows) or `zxb.py` (OSX, Linux). You should see a zxbasic message like this:
and type `zxbc` (on Windows) or `zxbc.py` (OSX, Linux). You should see a zxbasic message like this:

```
usage: zxb [-h] [-d] [-O OPTIMIZE] [-o OUTPUT_FILE] [-T] [-t] [-B] [-a] [-A]
usage: zxbc [-h] [-d] [-O OPTIMIZE] [-o OUTPUT_FILE] [-T] [-t] [-B] [-a] [-A]
[-S ORG] [-e STDERR] [--array-base ARRAY_BASE]
[--string-base STRING_BASE] [-Z] [-H HEAP_SIZE] [--debug-memory]
[--debug-array] [--strict-bool] [--enable-break] [-E] [--explicit]
[-D DEFINES] [-M MEMORY_MAP] [-i] [-I INCLUDE_PATH] [--strict]
[--version]
PROGRAM
zxb: error: the following arguments are required: PROGRAM
zxbc: error: the following arguments are required: PROGRAM
```

Create a text file with the following content:
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Save it as `hello.bas` and finally compile it with:
~~~~
zxb -taB hello.bas
zxbc -taB hello.bas
~~~~

If everything went well, a file named `hello.tap` should be created.
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