TRSE

What is Turbo Rascal Syntax error, “;” expected but “BEGIN”?

In a nutshell, Turbo Rascal Syntax error, “;” expected but “BEGIN” is a complete suite for developing games and demos for older computer systems. TRSE is created with Qt (C++), and runs as a stand-alone application that contains various tools for developing and deploying projects for these processors.

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Repository

Turbo Rascal Syntax Error full repo

• C++
• Qt

Prepare

First, clone this repo to a TRSE directory.

Linux

• apt-get install qt5base5-dev qt5-qmake qtdeclarative5-dev mesa-common-dev

On windows/macos, you need to download and install the qt libraries, msvc, xcode etc:

Windows

• install MSVC 2019
• download the Qt framework from https://www.qt.io/download. Install the latest framework of Qt6 (desktop application).

Macos

• install Xcode
• download the Qt framework from https://www.qt.io/download. Install the latest framework of Qt6 (desktop application).

ARM chromebook/ARM computers

• sudo apt install qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools qtdeclarative5-dev

Compiling

• qmake TRSE.pro
• make -j8

Select "Release", and under the qt project/build make sure you set the build directory to be TRSE/Release

After first compile:

TRSE uses a couple of directories that needs to be linked with symlinks:

• Copy the directory "themes" in TRSE/Publish/source/ to the TRSE/Release build directory
• Make a symbolic link called "tutorials from your build directory to point to Publish/tutorials to access tutorial projects from the front page
• Make a symbolic link called "units from your build directory to point to TRSE/Units to access the TRSE library
• Make a symbolic link "project_templates" from your build directory to point to Publish/project_templates in order to access the "New Project" templates

Source code information

A compiler UML diagram can be found here: https://github.com/leuat/TRSE/blob/master/uml/compiler.png