[Coco] Cross-platform editor for CoCo BASIC?

[Mark]

On 1/02/2023 2:50 am, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:

> I’ve seen
> at least two examples of editors that allow writing in a more modern
> looking “language” and then export to BASIC. I think one was
> Windows-only, and I don’t recall the second.

I would be interested in this too. I'm currently trying to introduce my 
almost-8yo son to programming, using BASIC on the CoCo3. But after years 
of using high resolution displays and modern editors, trying to program 
in BASIC on the 32x16 CoCo is painful to say the least. And taking into 
account line numbering as I code is a 'skill' that I haven't had to rely 
on for probably 40 years now...

I wonder how difficult it would be to write a text parser (command-line 
tool) that took in what is essentially CoCo BASIC but using labels 
rather than line numbers and allowing free-format text and eg. block 
if/then/else and output CoCo3 BASIC? Editing/pre-processing this on a 
modern PC would take a lot of pain out of developing in CoCo BASIC...

Regards,

-- 
Mark McDougall
<http://retroports.blogspot.com.au>