VDC Screen Editor v2 released

VDC Screen Editor v2 released for Commodore 128.



This is the v2 version of my screen editor/character editor/PETCSII editor for the VDC mode of the C128.

Main new features are multiple screen modes, including a 80x50 mode ideal for PETSCII art as the aspect ratio is similar to the C64, an integrated filebrowser and multiple new export and import functions.



Version v20-20240421-1218 changelog:

• First release of v2 version of VDCSE
• Completely rebuild using the Oscar64 compiler (previously CC65)
• Added support for multiple VDC text screen modes, including 80x50 (ideal for C64 PETSCII art aspect ratio). NB: Needs a C128 with 64KB VDC RAM to have still also room for swap VDC memory.
• Added import and export functions: Import of both raw screen data in PRG files, or BBS Petscii code sequences in SEQ format export to SEQ format. SEQ format can be a.o. used to import from and export to other PETSCII editors like Petmate 9.
• Import functions include a VIC to VDC colour converter. Which is obviously a comprimise as VDC has only one color as alternative for the VIC pairs Orange/Brown (both convert to VDC Dark Yellow) and Light Grey/Medium Grey (both convert to VDC Light Grey), and the other colours have different hues on VDC than on VIC (for example light red from a pink like hue on VIC to red on VDC)
• Import can be done to any given coordinate in the existing project, canvas is automatically enlarged if needed to make it fit.
• VDCSE2PRG program generator now supports all screensizes that fit in memory and supports the different screenmodes. Features scrolling for sizes bigger than the screensize: smooth scrolling on 64 KB VDC RAM equiped machine and per char vertical scroll (no horizontal scroll) with 16 KB VDC. Project files can now be selected using a filebrowser.
• Many smaller refinements and bugfixes

Direct download:

github.com/xahmol/VDCScreenEditor2/raw/main/vdcse_v20-20240421-1404.zip

Full source code and documentation:

github.com/xahmol/VDCScreenEditor2


Demo video: