Loading a particular program file from the local filesystem causes emulator to lose its mind

gheffel8 commented 3 years ago

r38 on MacOS Big Sur (I hear r39 is tricky to build so I haven’t tested it there)

This is going to look nutty but after a bunch of thrashing about I boiled it down:

Create a simple BASIC program file with the name “COLORS.PRG” (note plural).
Reset the emulator and LOAD “COLORS.PRG” (Didn’t test from device 8 since I don’t have SD reader)
type LIST and watch the window go white
type any BASIC command and get lots of syntax errors (I used the monitor and saw that code is not correct.)
Rename the file to any other string followed by PRG —including COLOR.PRG (singular)—and restart the emulator.
Load it and now it’ll list and run just fine.

I tested other file names that mimic BASIC command names and they worked. The only name I found that failed was COLORS.PRG.

indigodarkwolf commented 3 years ago

Suggest moving this to commanderx16/x16-emulator, unless you feel this should be addressed by documenting that LOAD doesn't seem to work with this exact filename.

gheffel8 commented 3 years ago

I screwed up. Naturally this was meant for the x16-emulator. I'm not seeing a transfer option for this issue so I guess I lack the proper permissions. Please move this to commanderx16/x16-emulator.

indigodarkwolf commented 3 years ago

Well, and as with the other bug I commented on, I realize now that the official forums directs people to this portion, so I guess @mist64 will just scoot these over the appropriate sections at some later point. My bad.

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Loading a particular program file from the local filesystem causes emulator to lose its mind #448