V1.5.0

TOON Language:

• The TOON language now supports IF/THEN/ELSE conditional execution blocks similar to common high level languages. All the branch and label logic is automatically generated. Nested conditional blocks to any level is supported. For example:

Assembler Syntax                 TOON Syntax

jz acc32, label1                 if acc32 != 0 then
 wrdel delaymem, acc32            (delaymem) = acc32
 cpy_cc acc32, temp               acc32 = temp
 cpy_mc mr107, acc32              mr102 = acc32
label1:                          endif

• New ALLPASSand CHORUS instructions simplify use of these FXCore double-instruction features.
• Common math, shift, and logic symbols can now be used in place of FXCore mnemonics when performing FXCore 32-bit arithmetic functions.

Macro processor:

The macro processor now issues a warning when >80% of the FXCore maximum of 1024 opcodes is used.
The macro processor terminates with an error if the program contains >1024 opcodes. This will cause the assembly step to be skipped.

Eclipse IDE Support:

Added dark theme syntax coloring

V1.4.3

This is a minor update:

• Allow $set and $if inside macros, see note at end of SET/IF Conditional Processing
• Added sample macro to documentation for Auto Sequencing of MR Locations
• Update to TOON testcase sample code
• Updated documentation

V1.4.2

V1.4.2

• New $_count() built in function
• New $_log() built in function
• Line continuation with "+" symbol
• Misc bug fixes

Updated documentation of these new features is coming soon, see test/ToonToAsmTest.fxc for example usage.

V1.4.1

Minor update to improve TOON IF statement parsing.

• IF statement expression operators can now have whitespace on the righthand side. Syntax used to require if acc32 =0 can now be written as if acc32 = 0.
• IF expression operators can no longer be FXCore mnemonics, e.g. if r2 jnz is no longer allowed, this must be written using the conditional symbols if r2 != 0. See the TOON conditional syntax reference for details.

V1.4

Changes in V1.4:

• This project now requires the 2025.1 or later version of the FXCore assembler toolset.
• Built in macro $_eval() now supports complex math and string expressions, see _eval() predefined macro.
• TOON syntax now supports acc32 = 0 to zero the accumulator (generates xor acc32,acc32).
• Expanded multiline macros are now delimited with ---BEGIN MACRO: macro-name and ---END MACRO: macroname to aid in reading and debugging expanded source code.
• Source lines included via the $include command are now delimited with ---BEGIN INCLUDE: filename and ---END INCLUDE: filename to aid in reading and debugging included source code.

V1.3

Version 1.3

• Added ability to develop FXCore code using the Eclipse IDE (Integrated Development Environment) with syntax coloring, project/folder management, assembler integration, built-in support for tools like GitHub, etc.
• Simplified release packaging into a single ZIP file for easy download. No need to clone this repo.
• Greatly expanded the project documentation including new installation instructions and details of Eclipse configuration.

V1.2.1

Version 1.2.1 Changes

• The @(Rx) notation for indirect absolute delay memory references has been changed to #(Rx) to avoid potential conflicts with FXCore library references which also start with the @ character.
• The release files now include an updated Notepad++ language file to provide syntax highlighting for macro and TOON statements.

V1.2

Version 1.2 Changes:

• Implemented "reverse" TOON translation for converting existing FXCore assembler into TOON statements.
• Single main entry point for macro and toon processing
• Added test file for reverse TOON translator
• Added Windows .CMD sample files in /build directory

V1.1.1

Reorganized Java package structure to separate macro processing and TOON processing. No functional changes.

V1.1

V1.1 adds improved macro argument syntax and the TOON alternative assembler language syntax.