Where's Monkey at these days?

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GfK	(Posted 2012) [#1]
It's been nearly a year since I used Monkey and I haven't used it for at least ten versions. Can anybody give me a quick summary of the major improvements/more recent features, particularly pertaining to iOS?

Debugger? Proper file I/O? New features?
DruggedBunny
(Posted 2012) [#2]
This is the latest VERSIONS.TXT:

NOTE: If you're having trouble with a new version, try deleting '.build' dirs!!!!!

***** V64 *****

Modules:

Moved BoxInt, ArrayBoxer etc from reflection to monkey.boxes. Forgot to update docs.

Added brl modules: brl.databuffer, brl.stream, brl.datastream, brl.tcpstream. Haven't retired opengl.databuffer yet.


Targets:

Added mingw support to glfw via CONFIG.TXT setting #GLFW_USE_MINGW="true". Note: Recommended mingw gcc/g++ version is 4.6.1. I tried 4.7.1 but had the occasional random app crash.

Added BINARY_FILES filter to CONFIG.TXT files.

Android - added INTERNET permissions to AndroidManifest.xml template.

Windows glfw - added WinSock lib to msvc project.


Trans (V1.40)

Added mingw support to glfw.

Added BINARY_FILES handling.


***** V63 *****

Modules:

mojo.graphics - Added CreateImage, ReadPixels, Image.WritePixels.

android mojo.graphics - Fixed ancient 'textures don't render first time' bug!


Targets:

pss target - removed.


Trans (V1.39)

Removed pss target.


***** V62 *****

Modules:

android mojo - MOJO_HICOLOR_TEXTURES config setting now actually does something! Set to "true" for 32 bit textures, "false" for 16 bit. Yep, I know it's badly named, HICOLOR used to mean '16bit'. Only applies to Android.

c++ monkey.lang - LoadString now assumes UTF-8 by default (ie: if there's no BOM) and SaveString now saves (BOM-less) UTF-8 too. NOTE: This is pretty much the standard, and most targets assume UTF-8 like this. Ted also now behaves this way - ie: source files are assumed to be UTF-8 unless there's a BOM. You may have issues with files saved from Monk, which does not UTF-encode files (or write a BOM marker) unless the file contains at least one char >255. This means files saved from Monk with 'accented' euro-chars (which are <256) may not be UTF-encoded, and you'll have problems loading such files into Ted or using LoadString. I may eventually add a 'file encoding' option to Ted to deal with this but in the meantime you'll have to copy 'n' paste around it. One trick would be to paste a single 'Asian' char into a source file in Monk before saving which will trigger UTF-encoding.

flash mojo - kludged around paused/resumed audio not looping from start issue. Not pretty, and seems to have increased loop lag a tad but wotkanyado.

c++ monkey.lang - fixed bug when resizing arrays of arrays.


Targets:

glfw - added *.ogg to SOUND_FILES and MUSIC_FILES in target CONFIG.TXT.

android - LoadString now assumes UTF-8 by default (ie: if there's no BOM).


Trans (V1.38)

Rebuilt for UTF-8 tweaks.


Ted (V1.6)

Added help index.


***** V61b ******

Modules:

pss/psm mojo - added discard to surface.

flash mojo - fixed stream of mousehits bug when app lost/regained focus.

glfw mojo - added KEY_TILDE and KEY_QUOTES support.

lang.cpp - tweaked GC, added CPP_GC_MARK_RATE and CPP_GC_TRIGGER config vars.


Targets:

Upgared Mac ios and glfw target projects to xcode4.4.

Added psm target - will replace pss target in next release so upgrade NOW! Check your PSM_PATH in bin/config.winnt.txt is set correctly before use.

glfw - Updated GLFW lib to 2.7.5


Trans (V1.37):

Fixed debug array index check bugs on js/as.

Fixed bug with reflection filter and mixed cased module names.

Fixed comment at end of preprocessor line parsing bug.


***** V60 ******

Modules:

lang.cpp - improved debug performance.

monkey.lang - added support for exceptions. Exception objects must extend 'Throwable'; No 'Finally'; See lang ref for more.


Targets:

Added support for exceptions.


Trans (V1.36):

Improved debug performance.

Added support for exceptions.


***** V59 ******

Modules:

c++ lang - added debug handling.

glfw mojo - LoadSound now uses glfw target loadSound.

opengl - Fixed various issues.

lang.cpp/os.cpp - Fixed several issues with empty std::vectors.


Targets:

glfw - added stb_vorbis loader (doesn't stream yet) and loadSound/unloadSound functions


Trans (v1.35):

Added debug info to c++ translator.


***** V58 *****

Modules:

mojo - Added (highly) experimental pss support!

opengl - Fixed leak in c++ LoadImageData.

reflection - Fixed bug where class member const/function names were fully qualified.

java lang - String.Join now uses StringBuilder instead of StringBuffer.


Targets:

Pss - Added! Added config var PSS_PATH="${PROGRAMFILES}\SCE\Pss" to bin\config.winnt.txt

Android - MonkeyData.loadString now uses StringBuilder instead of StringBuffer.


Trans (v1.34):

Fixed scoping bug where code could access globals via class members.

Fixed some error line bugs.


***** V57 *****

Modules:

xna mojo - scissor rect now clipped to device rect.

mojo graphics - implemented muddy_shoes' GrabImage bugfix.

android mojo - fixed paused music restarting at OnResume.

ios mojo - added kludge to detect 'dead' touch events.


Trans (v1.33)

Fixed Alias with primtive Int, Float, String types, eg: Alias MyInt=Int,MyString=String etc.


***** V56b *****

Added app config var MOJO_AUTO_SUSPEND_ENABLED (defaults to false) to auto suspend app if it loses input focus. Apps always auto-suspend if minimized. Doesn't apply to ios/android.


Trans (v1.32)

Fixed iOS target so it's xcode 4.3.1 aware - NOTE: you will also have to run this from the command line after installing xcode 4.3.1:

sudo /usr/bin/xcode-select -switch /Applications/Xcode.app


***** V55 *****

Modules:

reflection - added recursive? flag to ClassInfo methods GetConst(s), GetGlobal(s), GetField(s), GetMethod(s) and GetFunction(s).

android mojo - setEGLContextClientVersion now uses reflection for backward compatibility with the elderly Android set.

cpp monkey.lang - optimized empty arrays.

cpp monkey.lang - fixed incremental GC bug with empty arrays.


Trans (v1.31):

Removed yucky gc_iptr interface pointer container.

Fixed bug with reflection and multi-dimensional arrays.


***** V54c *****

Monk

Added Set, FloatSet, IntSet, StringSet to keywords.

Modules:

mojo xna - WP7 touch emulates mouse.

mojo xna - added WP7 support for fullscreen via XNA_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_PHONE app config setting, defaults to true.

reflection module added!

mojo xna - added WP7 support for accelerometer.

mojo graphics - DrawText alignment offsets now Floor()ed.

xna mojo - music functions now disabled if MediaPlayer.GameHasControl is false at startup.

xna mojo - added WP7 support for multitouch.

cpp monkey.lang - fixed double fclose() in LoadString.

monkey.lang - added String.FromChars( chars:Int[] )


Targets:

xna - Added XNA_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_PHONE=true to xna/CONFIG.TXT

xna - Target solution now includes windows phone project.

xna - Added XNA_ACCELEROMETER_ENABLED=true to xna/CONFIG.TXT

glfw - tweaked compiler settings a bit so debug builds go a bit faster.

stdcpp/glfw/ios - moved #includes to separate main.h files. Hoping to precompile these eventually...


Trans (v1.30):

Fixed bool boxing.

Fixed reflection filter (pt 1 no doubt).

Reflection support added!

XNA builds now only build Windows version - much faster than building both Windows/XBOX!

Added more flexible interface casting - interfaces can now be cast to and from ANY class/interface. I thought this choked AS, but now doesn't seem to...

Fixed C++ cast-interface-to-object bug.

Added String.FromChars( chars:Int[] )


***** V53 *****

Monk:

Now uses new wiki-docs!


Modules:

map - Added 'Add' method - like 'Set' but wont modify map if key already exists.

map - Modified 'Set' to return bool result.

xna mojo - Fixed auto controller detection.

opengl - Fixed non-multiple-of-4-length DataBuffers crashing on html5.


Targets:

mojo - loadString now uses java's String( byte[] ) ctor. (NOTE: DIDN"T MAKE IT TO RELEASE - JUST AS WELL AS IT DIDN'T WORK!)


***** V52(f) *****

Modules:

mojo - added NOP versions of AccelX/AccelY/AccelZ to glfw, flash and xna targets.

glfw opengl - added glActiveTexture and glClientActiveTexture to gles11.

android mojo - implemented secondgear's fix for handling back button events on pre 2.0 versions of android.

html5 mojo - added HTML5_SUSPEND_ON_BLUR_ENABLED="false" config setting.

html5 mojo - Overhauled audio system. Fixed audio crash when suspending app.

opengl - added GLES2.0!

android - monkey.lang now uses System.out.println for 'Print' and  Mojo redirects stdout to android Log.

android mojo - added auto padding for simple single frame images to prevent crud on right/bottom side.

opengl - added fallbacks to extensions for VBOs and compressed textures to gles11.glfw.cpp.

opengl - fixed gles11 glNormalPointer wrapper.


Trans (1.29):

Fixed assign op /= with ints in JS returning fractions.

Fixed file filter code.

Added native gl kludges to android for gles20 apps. Allows use of gles20 on android 2.2. Use native code - beware. Enable with ANDROID_NATIVE_GL_ENABLED=true in CONFIG.TXT

Added the ability to set config vars in preprocessor land.

Converted html5 makemeta.cpp to James' version.


***** V52(b) *****

Modules:

android mojo.input - added blind kludge for EnableKeyboard.

os - Changed CopyFile to use os copyfile/CopyFileW.

html5 mojo - Removed cookie hack from LoadState/SaveState.

opengl.gles11 - Added LoadImageData for use with glTexImage2D etc.

android mojo.graphics - changed gl calls to use GLES11 class instead of GL11 object.

mojo.audio - added PauseChannel, ResumeChannel, PauseMusic, ResumeMusic.

mojo.graphics - added support for IMAGE_FILTERING_ENABLED to appropriate targets. See CONFIG.TXT files.


Targets:

xna - text files no longer embedded.

xna - data dir now created directly to xna Content dir.

ios, glfw - INCREMENTAL_GC now defaults to 1.

html5 - loadString now uses XMLHttpRequest.

flash - added type="..." to <embed> tag

glfw, flash, android, xna, glfw, android - added IMAGE_FILTERING_ENABLED setting to config files.


Trans (1.28)

bin/makemeta app gone.

Text files no longer embedded in html5.

Added 'data file filters' to CONFIG.TXT files.

Added support for per-target CONFIG.TXT config files. 


***** V51 *****

Modules

Added opengl module!

html5 mojo - fixed AccelZ.

android mojo - fixed soft keyboard not appearing in landscape mode (hopefully!) and predictive/multichar text entry. Still something up with backspace on my LG though...


Monk (0.36)

Added Final keyword.


Trans (1.27)

Added -check option to trans to just do a test parse/semant/translate.

Added check for object comparisons.

Added Final attribute for class/method decls.


***** V50 *****

Modules:

mojo.graphics - added DrawPoint(x#,y#).

html5 mojo - added touch/accel support - note: touch emulates mouse and vice versa.

android mojo - added touch event opts as suggested by Samah.


Targets:

android - added inPurgable bitmap option to LoadBitmap to conserve memory.


***** V49 *****

Modules:

dom - added skidracers stylesheet stuff.

flash mojo - fixed alpha bug introduced by fix for dark rendering.

monkey.lang, c++ mojos - added tweaks for incremental GC.


Trans (1.26):

Fixed generic class downcast parsing bug.

Added check for naughty assignments to indexed string chars.

Cpp translator now emits incremental gc friendly code - must be enabled via appropriate target config.h file.


***** V48 *****

Modules:

flash mojo - fixed bug with 'dark' line/oval/poly rendering.

glfw/android mojo - Improved consistency of LoadString/LoadState/SaveState.

ios mojo - Fixed issue with backspace not working when no chars typed.

ios mojo - added DISPLAY_LINK_ENABLED to ios config.h file to enable 60hz 'vsync' kludge. Defaults to 'off' due to issues with input lag.


Trans (1.25, forgot to bump from 1.24...)

Moved ios target config #defines to separate config.h file.

flash target - text files now incbin'd using [Embed] insetad of string literals.

Fixed Array resize on xna and java returning string/array arrays containing nulls.


***** V47d *****


* YOU MUST UPDATE ANDROID SDK TO LATEST VERSION - currently this is Android SDK tools rev 14, Android SDK platform tools rev 8 according to SDK manager.


Modules:

monkey.lang - added autoscrolling Print to js target.

mojo.graphics - Changed XNA PlayMusic to use MediaPlayer.

ios mojo - Changed touch handling to only process touches for view.

xna mojo - Fixed windows phone back button bug.


Monk (0.35)

Applied MaxIDE tab width & SaveText fixes and recompiled with new MaxGUI.


Trans (1.24)

Added app auto-run for Android.

Fixed/cleaned up name mangling issues. Still not perfect, probably never will be given range of targets.

Fixed android target and android trans to work with latest android version.

Fixed Select 'tmp' bug with multiple selects in same block.

Fixed object cast bug with new generics.

XNA target changed to treat WAV files as sounds, MP3 and WMA files as music.

Generics system majorly overhauled, now uses 'reification' instead of 'type erasure'.

ios target - Changed touch detection to touchesBegan, touchesEnded etc. for better compatibility with game center etc. Enabled multi-touch in UIView via xib!


***** V46 *****

Modules:

monkey.stack - Fixed RemoveEach bug.

mojo.input - Fixed XNA gamepad detection. Depends on use of KeyDown/KeyHit to determine what keys can 'detect' a gamepad.

mojo - Fixed iOS pathForResource issue with sutff in subdirs not loading.

mojo - Removed unused GamerServices stuff from XNA version.


Trans (1.21)

xna target - Removed unused GamerServices stuff from XNA version.

FLASH_PLAYER setting in bin/config.blah.txt now optional. If present, it is used to open target .swf file. Otherwise, HTML_PLAYER is used to open target .html file.

Fixed C++ issue with literal arrays of interfaces.

Fixed Actionscript return/reachability issue.

Fixed ~=

Mod can now handle floats.

Fixed x op= y type inconsistencies with x=x op y.

Fixed C# float<->string conversions to be 'culturally insensitive'!


***** V45c *****

Monkey IDE:

Added magic code (xattr) to prevent MacOS mserver from stalling due to 'app was downloaded for the internet...' warning.


MServer:

Fixed MServer not relaunching cleanly immediately after shutdown (setsockopt SO_REUSEADDR).


Modules:

monkey.random - Fixed Rnd#() to always (let's hope...) return values < 1.

monkey.list - added FirstNode, LastNode, NextNode, PrevNode. Added some debug mode checks for empty lists.


Trans (1.20)

stdcpp builds now uses doubles!

Extern classes that extend Null no longer GC'd by C++ target.

Added Exp() to monkey.math

Fixed C#/Java handling of abstract classes/methods so they emit actual abstract native decls.

Fixed bug where abstract implementation checking was ignoring method identifiers!


***** V45b *****

Modules:

mojo.graphics - html5 ignores F11-F12 for fullscreen/debugger support.


Trans (1.19)

Fixed strict mode error with abstract method's not returning a value.


***** V45 *****

Modules:

mojo.input - HTML5 target now recognizes LMB, RMB, MMB.

mojo.input - Added EnableKeyboard, DisableKeyboard for SIMPLE virtual keyboard support on iOS and Android ONLY.

monkey.map - modified Map.Compare() method so it takes 'K' (ie: Key) type params instead of plain objects.

mojo.input - changed KEY_BACKSLASH to 220.

mojo.graphics - fixed non-pow2 tex handling on ios and glfw.


Trans (1.18)

HTML5 target HTML now disables RMB popup menu for canvas.

Trans now built in release mode (was debug) for faster compiling.

Fixed spaces in [].

Added check for 'Super' calls to abstract methods.

Cleaned up debug mode, you should now get a stack trace for every (Monkey) null object, array index or Error() error in debug mode.

Cleaned up flash target a bit - bitmap creation is now in mojo code, not target code.

Validates abstract methods of non-instanced classes too now - used to only validate instanced (ie: Newed) classes.

Fixed strict mode not complaining about non-void functions without terminating return.

Fixed void->bool conversions causing crash.

Improved unicode handling of os.LoadString, os.SaveString and mojo.app.LoadString.


***** V44 *****

Modules:

mojo.input - fixed some CHAR_ codes.

mojo.graphics - Tweaks all round, and fix for android 16bit 1555 fmt textures.

monkey.math - Added 'radian' versions of trig functions, named Sinr, Cosr etc. See docs.

monkey.lang - fixed String.Split with "" separator on C++, C#, Java.

mojo.graphics - optimized GLFW and iOS graphics a bit.

Added docs for DrawPoly.


Trans (1.17):

Fixed various Lion issues.

Fixed trans issue with void functions not popping scope stack.

Added .trim() to java string->numeric conversions to prevent *some* number format exceptions. Strings should still contain numeric values only.

Added radian version of trig functions to translators. Use 'r' suffix for radian versions...

Added -O3 (speed optimizations) for release mode stdcpp builds.

Added check for divide by zero when evaluating consts.


***** V43 *****

Modules:

Added os module - see docs.

Added DrawPoly( xy_verts#[] ).

Android mojo now requires GL1.1.

Implemented VBOs in android mojo.

Changed lang.java print 'log tag' to [Monkey] - ie: removed WS.

iOS mojo back to using imageNamed for image loading.


Trans (1.16):

Added 'uses feature gl1.1' to android manifest.

Added user edittable HICOLOR_TEXTURES global bool var to MonkeyGame.java for android target.

Another fix for issues with ++, -- in output code.

Fields cannot override existing field of same name.

Fixed +=, -= etc crash with properties.

New C#/Java string arrays now inited with empty strings, not nulls.

More fixes for c++ interfaces.

Unicode comments now allowed in Monkey source.

XNA target now handles Content.Load<T> exceptions and returns null.

Added ; statement separator - use to separate multiple statements on the same line.


***** V42b *****

Fixed C++ array of arrays GC issue in monkey lang.cpp


***** V42 *****

Modules:

More tweaks to android mojo VBOs.

Optimized android mojo blending for opaque rendering.

Fixed android mojo r,g,b byte ordering for non-alpha images.


Trans (1.15):

Added WMA audio format support to trans/XNA.

Fixed trans crashing if no Main() declared.

Fixed consts in interfaces crashing as/java/cs translators.

Fixed conversion C++ interfaces to objects for use with generics.

Fixed float->string conversion precision issue.


***** V41 *****

Modules:

android mojo implemented 'fast' IntBuffer vertex buffers - see: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11078" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=11078</a>

ios mojo audio now using AVAudioPlayer for music.


Trans (1.14):

Flash var name munging for embedded data now takes file extension into account.

Fixed more C++ interface gc issues.

Fixed C++ generic array cast bug.

Fixed '--' in translator output.


***** V40 *****

Modules:

Implemented dguy's ios mojo fix for LoadString crash with non-existent files.

monkey - removed resource module.

mojo graphics/audio - Added Discard method to Image and Sound (these are still GC'd though).

iOS mojo audio - tweaked ExtAudio based loader to attempt to deal with popping mp3s.

input - Fixed KEY_JOYBLAH typo.


Trans (1.13):

Addeds support for New with Extern classes - no ctors allowed for now (ie: default only)!

Fixed C++ GC handling of interfaces.


***** V39c *****

Tools:

MServer now uses 'etags' for detecting modified files.


Trans (1.12):

Fixed parenthesis mismatch error with multiline expressions.

Trans compiler back to debug build for internal err stack dump.

Fixed extern overriding extern causing internal err bug.

Added radix 10 param to parseInt for JS/AS translators.

Fixed method munging bug.


***** V39b *****

Tools:

Added Difference's info.plist to Mac monk.

Added thread per connection support to mserver.


Trans (1.11):

Fixed name munging of local vars.


***** V39 *****

Modules:

Mojo SetColor now affects images.

Added Compare method to String type.

Fixed DrawImageRect with 0 sized src rect in Flash.

Android mojo now works with API level 3.

Fixed Android music.


Trans (1.10)

Fixed various parser issues.

Added mserver, minimal monkey server. Very minimal.

Android target now works with API level 3.

Added 'm4a' (ie: aac) as recognized audio format.

Added interfaces.

Majorly cleaned up generics.

Added Alias directive.

Added #Error directive.


***** V38 *****

Modules:

lang.cpp - Fixed C++ GC stack thrash crash.

iOS mojo.audio - reverted to old custom WAV loader for wav files due to mystery 'pops' in ExtAudioFileRead based loader.


Trans (1.09):

Fixed weird bug with MSBUILD using 'Platform' Env var.

Fixed astranslator array resize not handling bool/array arrays!

Implemented JS/AS array resize tweak.

Fixed GLFW target WINDOW_TITLE.

Fixed trans/flash target file type checking to work with upper/lower exts.

cpptranslater - Fixed C++ GC stack thrash crash.


***** V37 *****

Modules:

lang.cpp - MSVC version now uses SEH, seems to be the only way to catch int divide by 0.

Mojo GLFW/Android/iOS - no more embedded text files: LoadString now uses real files.

Mojo GLFW - added joystick support. No d-pad yet though...

Mojo iOS - fixed new sample loader to use 3.2 compatible calls only.


Trans (1.08):

Fixed default GLFW target so release build links with static CRT.

Module munging fixed - you can now have 2 modules with same name.

Cleaned up preprocessor a bit.

Added #Error directive.

Fixed class function overriding.

Fixed field initializers accessing self methods.


***** V36 *****

Modules:

Fixed nasty crash bug in Map.


Monk:

Disabled ParseError for gcc errors.

Replaced a bunch of \n's with ~n's.


Trans (1.07):

Fixed const eval of negative vals.

Fixed INTLIT '%' prefix.

Fixed new override bug for overrides that skip a class.

Fixed EvalFunc bug that allowed ()().

Fixed infinite loop with unterminated string literal.


***** V35 ***** 

Modules:

Mojo iOS sample loader now uses audio toolbox for mp3 support.

Mojo Html5 SetScissor fixed.

Added Mojo Music commands - see mojo.audio

Mojo Android volume control now always sets media volume.


Trans (1.06):

Fixed float literal 'e' notation.

Fixed BalanceTypes to generate an error instead of returning null.

Rearranged and tidied up post semant class validation code.

Fixed ObjectType.EqualsType to use new ClassDecl.EqualsClass method for generic class comparison fix.


***** V34b *****

Quick fix release for nasty return stmt bug!


***** V34 *****

Modules:

LoadState/SaveState now only use cookies on FF and IE for 'file://' document.URLs.

Added a Backwards() method to List<T> and Stack<T> that allows you to iterate through elements backwards with an EachIn loop.


Trans (1.05):

Fixed non-void abstract methods in strict mode complaining about missing return expression.

Fixed IntType.ExtendsType infinite recursion crash.

Added SCREEN_ORIENTATION to android CONFIG.TXT.

Fixed overloading method not used overloaded method's munging.


***** V33 *****

Modules:

Added experimental DOM module - see gldemo.monkey in modules/dom.

Tweaked html5 update rate timing code - shouldn't 'leak' time anymore and may be smoother on some browsers? More work needed here...

Only Chrome/Safari use localStorage for LoadState/SaveState, others now use cookies. IE9 doesn't like localStorage at all, and FF doesn't like it with file:// documents.

iOS accelerometer now tries to compensate for UI orientation - you should still lock accelerometer 
games to a single orientation though.

Fixed iOS screen saver with accelerometer based games.

Changed some android defaults in manifest - fullscreen theme + no reset on orientation change.

Fixed glPixelStorei unpack alignment for GLFW target. Added fox to iOS too.

Fixed line thickness scaling in Flash.

Added checks to mojo graphics to ensure rendering commands are only performed inside OnRender.

Fixed xna mojo reach mode additive blending.


Trans (1.04):

Android manifest and various other files moved to .build/android/templates - edit these, not the generated copies in .build/android.

Android app renamer added - see .build/android/CONFIG.TXT after first build.

Split trans.monkey driver into target-per-file layout.

Fixed array indices not being int-ized.


***** V32 *****

Modules:

JS/AS now use built-in join().

Implemented custom string_replace for JS and AS targets to avoid regex issues.

Flash target can now be used mojo-less - this is probably a pointless exercise, will revisit eventually.

Android mojo nows uses GL!

Added simple glfw LoadState/SaveState.

Fixed XNA shift/control input issues.

Mojo font now loads at startup.

LoadImage/LoadSound errors consistently return Null objects.

Flash data embedded! Will eventually be selectable. Note: flash file names must be valid identifiers for now.

Error "" added - use to 'exit app'.

Android target 'screensaver' disabled via android:keepScreenOn="true" in layout/main.xml

App suspend/resume improvements.


Trans:

Bumped to v1.03.

Fixed default multi-dim array values in java/c#.

Fixed unary expr after EOL causing syntax error.

'Then' now also allowed after 'Else If'.

Fixed Shl=, Shr=- and Mod=.

Fixed overriding methods not matching superclass methods. 

Fixed default ctors being generated when suitable ctor with defaults params already exists.

Func/var decls can now handling EOLs after commas.


***** V31 *****

NOTE! You will need to delete any existing .build/xna builds!

Add some mak samples by yours truly.

Fixed html5 support for negative width/height rects/ovals/imagerects.

Removed unimplemented DrawPoint from mojo.graphics.

Added OnSuspend/OnResume. XNA/iOS/Android only for now. See bananas/mak/suspendtest/suspendtest.monkey

Removed WP7 project from default XNA target project for XP users.

XNA mojo now uses IsolatedStorage for LoadState/SaveState for WP7 compatibility.

Fixed XNA non-clamped textures causing runtime exception with non-POT textures and "Reach". 


***** V30 *****

Rebuilt trans_macos to work on 32 bit Mac CPUs.

Changed trans stdcpp target to produce -arch i386 targets only for now.

Fixed dodgy preprocessor error reporing.

Began work on XNA Windows Phone 7 support.

Enabled 'Reach' in XNA - XNA apps should work on wider range of HW.

Fixed Consts in funcs crashing compiler.

Fixed ToArray methods in std.stack

Fixed astranslator crashing when generating return stmt for abstract void methods.


***** V29 *****

Release build!


***** V28 *****

Misc...


***** V27 *****

Monk now only requests build target first time build/run is used - select plain 'build' to change target.

More docs, samples, tutorials etc.


***** V26 *****

Added math.Log()

Fixed C# Ceil()


***** V25 *****

It's all a blur...I can't remember...sanity check version release!


***** V24 *****

Experimental: Added a top level mojo module that imports all mojo.* modules for you.

Experimental: Added a top level monkey module that imports all monkey.* modules for you - this is imported by default.

Experimental: 'std' module is now 'monkey'.

Renamed List/Vector.Remove to RemoveEach

Removed 'Module', 'Emit'

Added current dir relative imports - tweaked import/module system.


***** V23 *****

Added .xml and .json as valid text file types.

Fixed monk for new error formatting.

Change error format to:      FILE<LINE> : Error : Blah etc

Added error for accessing field from another field - sorry folks, but as/xna don't approve! Might look into this again one day though.

Fixed LoadString with files in subdirs.

Added enquoting of '\' for data strings.

Fixed boxing/unboxing weirdness causing strange 'method new not found' errors.


***** V22 *****

Added identifier not found case hints.

Fixed duplicate method/functions not being detected (overload resolve logic was just taking the first match!)

Fixed loose array casts.

Added "ElseIf" to go with "EndIf"

Addde support for End [If], End [While] and End [Next].

Print is now a 'normal' statement.

Break gone for good - renamed to Exit.

Fixed Android invalid DeviceWidth/DeviceHeight in OnCreate.

Adding checking for non-ident file names.

Fixed 'missing return' with no err info.

Added -cfgfile= option to trans for multiple config file support. Config files should still be in the same dir as trans.

Changed trans so text files are loaded/saved in binary fopen mode instead of text. This means no more conversion of EOLs, so text files should contain exactly the same chars regardless of platform. text mode had been converting \r\n to \n on Windows but not on Mac, leading to potential Mac only issues.

Fixed 'string too long' MSVC error with big text files.


***** V21 *****

Module reference is now Chrome friendly.

iPhone Simulator now killed each time before launch, for more reliable app updates. A bit experimental!

You can now use ${BLAH} to insert env vars into config file paths.

Added support for non-local index vars in for loops - please test!

Cleaned up GLFW a bit - fixed weird chars in title bar in release mode, and added defines at top of main.cpp for easier display config.


***** V20 *****

George now generates search index - nice!

Clean up glfw input handling a bit and added some CHAR defines for converting 'unprintable' keys to chars for GetChar. Please use CHAR_ETC consts for now - the <32 ones will probably stay, but the others may change.

Monk uses trans valid targets info to fill in its target combo box.

trans with no args now dumps 'valid targets' info, deduced from config file paths. Not foolproof though!

More error handling and even requesters on some targets - ooeer!


***** V19 *****

Added more errror handling in general.

Added 'Function Error( msg$ )' - can be used to 'quit' a program with a Null 'msg'.


***** V18 *****

SetColor back to 0-255.

Removed std.color, std.rect - too contentious!


***** V17 *****

Unified GLFW/iOS mojo OpenGL code.

Improved unreachable code detection, for the love of Java what a PITA!

Added 'Shl' and 'Shr'. 'Shr' is signed, no unsigned op: use '&' masking if necessary.

'trans' and 'scandir' tools moved to 'bin' dir. 'scandir' renamed to 'makemeta'.

Changed 'Break' to 'Exit' - will recognize both until next release!

Added a bunch of mojo graphics 'get' functions.

Added std.rect and std.color modules and added mojo support - SetColor now takes 0-1!

Added array/null checks to HTML5 target - more to come.


***** V16 *****

Added macos GLFW target.

Tweaked ios mojo graphics.

Added proper string comparisons in C#/Java.

Improved support for arrays of arrays.

Old style rem/endrem gone for good.

Fixed more trig degress->radians issues.

Implemented AL audio in GLFW target - added simple 'WAV' loader.

Improved parsing of 'bracketless' function statements. Should now work with New/Super.New/Super.blah 'statements' too.


***** V15 *****

Fixed skid's const bool eval bug.

Fixed glfw minimize window bug.

Fixed html5 lost mouseup event by simulating mouseup when mouse leaves canvas - not ideal, any better ideas most welcome.

Added SetBlend to mojo.graphics: 0 for normal/alpha, 1 for 'lighten' - exact algorithm is target dependent! Lighten is slow on Android!

Added SetAlpha to mojo.graphics: affects images too.

Added SetScissor to mojo.graphics - works in untransformed device coords.


***** V14 *****

Added private imports.

Added -update, -build to trans.

Added GC to glfw/ios targets.

MilliSecs renamed to Millisecs.

gxtk renamed to mojo.

iphone target renamed to ios.

std.system moved to trans.system.


***** V13 *****

Added LoadString/SaveString functions to gxtp.app

Added '-config=' option to trans - options are debug or release. Doesn't do much/anything yet!

Added '-clean' option to trans for deleting target build dir (used to always do this).

Added glfw target for 'native' apps - use glfw API for OS, OpenAL for Audio, stb_image for images...only windows for now...requires vc2010

Resurrected 'Strict' mode!

Added 'strict', 'void' to keywords in toker.


***** V12 *****

SetFont/DrawText added. These are very simple and meant mainly for debugging purposes.

Key hits now auto flushed at end of OnUpdate - use 'em or lose 'em!

Javascript version now global-less (except for startup...)!

LoadSave/SaveState added.

XNA upgraded to V4!

Global inits should now be in correct order.

MilliSecs/SetUpdateRate moved from App class to app module.


***** V11 *****

Restored langref.txt!

Fixed Bool arrays - tidied up Bool a bit in general.

String imports can now only be used to import non-monkey files.

Lazy import support added.

Include removed.

Added simple preprocessor: Uses '#' at start of line ala C.

Directives are:

#If <expression>
#Else
#Else If
#End
#Print <expression>
#Rem   (same as #If 0)

Only SIMPLE expressions supported!

The following predefined string consts can be used:

HOST		'One of: winnt macos linux
LANG		'One of: js as cs java cpp
TARGET		'One of: html5 flash xna android iphone 
MODPATH		'modules dir
PROJPATH	'top dir of project being compiled

macos should be darwin?

Block rem is now:

#Rem
------------------
This is a comment!
------------------
#End

***** V10 *****

iPhone gxtk target added.

Added TouchX#( index ),TouchY#( index ),TouchDown( index ) and TouchHit( index ).

Block rem is now Rem...EndRem


***** V9 *****

"String", "Object" now valid identifiers - no need for "@" prefix.


***** V8 *****

LoadImage/GrabImage syntax changed - see gxtk docs.txt

Default image flags now 0. Use 'Image.DefaultFlags=MidHandle' for auto-midhandle...

Added App.MilliSecs() - milliseconds since app started.

Added List.Remove( value:T ) - remove ALL instances of a value.


***** V7 *****

Added Resize( length ) method to arrays.

Slice indices now clamped to string/array length - see new Resize() for resizing arrays.

Slices: negative 'from' or 'to' params indicate distance from end of string/array.

Started some docs - see docs.txt in std and gxtk dirs.

Renamed sqr -> sqrt.

Main trans app renamed to trans_hostos, eg: one of trans_macos, trans_linux, trans_win32.exe - no .exe etensions for non-windows platforms.

Add Sgn to math.

Added DrawLine, DrawOval, DrawCircle, DrawEllipse to gxtk.graphics

OnLoading now called instead of OnUpdate/OnRender if app is still Loading stuff.
Why not keep your current version and install the latest alongside it? (Just leave the .monkey file association with the old version.) You just have to copy your existing config file/s over and you're done.

EDIT: Oh, wait, I thought you meant you were sticking with an old version; just realised you haven't been using it at all. Tons been added over the year, though.
GfK	(Posted 2012) [#3]
I think the last version I used was 49 or 50. Going to have to read through that lot when I get to a big screen/proper PC (am on me iPad).
therevills
(Posted 2012) [#4]
Debugger? Proper file I/O? New features?
GLFW has debugger support and I think most of the targets now have some kind of proper file I/O.

New features... async stuff, binary files, read / write pixels, metro amd psm targets, reflection, exceptions...
smilertoo
(Posted 2012) [#5]
metro targets? I dont see that option.
ziggy
(Posted 2012) [#6]
Are you on windows 8?
smilertoo
(Posted 2012) [#7]
I setup win8rc and VS2012rc in vmware but i still only get the standard xna option in monkey, is there more setup needed?
The supplied VS metro demos compile fine in VS.
NoOdle
(Posted 2012) [#8]
Im not sure the metro target has been released yet but sounds like it will be ready http://www.monkeycoder.co.nz/Community/posts.php?topic=3206
Armitage1982
(Posted 2012) [#9]
In regard to the development of Monkey.
Can we say that anything but the language itself will be community created?

I saw plenty of modules that may very well fit a great framework like JungleGUI, Diddy, MNet, etc.

Still no official plan to avoid rewriting the wheel?
It's great if you want to learn how to do everything, but it is not my goal.
muddy_shoes
(Posted 2012) [#10]
It's perfectly normal for most of a language's libraries to be created by "the community". Monkey's community isn't exactly large or heavily populated with people ready and willing to write libraries though. To a certain extent it's chicken and egg.

Monkey's open-source/public-domain and proprietary dual nature is also very unclear on the surface and I've read more than one comment that this is very off-putting to many people who are of the sort who do tend to create and publish libraries.

There are certainly issues with the standard libs being rather sparse and with the discoverability of existing libraries though, I agree.
Armitage1982
(Posted 2012) [#11]
In fact, I just need the Farseer physics engine library.
Sticking to Windows because of XNA isn't a problem.

I know it's possible to directly extend Monkey with external XNA class but I have no clue on how to implement callback and what to modify in order to make a reference to the Farseer libs in the XNA Target system of Monkey.

There isn't much movement on the XNA forum to learn how to do this, but I know it's possible given that kind of stuff : http://www.monkeycoder.co.nz/Community/posts.php?topic=3746