nice65

Code formatter for CC65 assembly (WIP).

Requirements:

• Python 3.x
• Lark

Features:

• Makes ugly code less ugly
• Fixes indentation and letter cases (mnemonics, registers)
• Understands weird labels, such as colon-less (C64 style) and unnamed (:, :+++)
• Skip files with ; nice65: ignore comment
• Tested with C64 Kernal/Basic and my 6502-based SBC ROM code

Not implemented yet:

• Macros (basic ones might work though).
• Proper formatting of arithmetic expressions
• Better indentation of comments based on deduced context

Example usage

# Reformat and print to STDOUT
./nice65.py samples/example.s

# Modify file in-place
./nice65.py samples/example.s -m

# Write result to another file
./nice65.py samples/example.s -o samples/clean.s
# or
./nice65.py samples/example.s > samples/clean.s

# Recursively reformat all files in directory with extension ".s"
./nice65.py ./samples/ -r

# Recursively reformat all files in directory with extension ".asm"
./nice65.py ./samples/ -r -p '*.asm'

Before:

.data
foo:.byte 1

.code
         ;        Fill zeropage with zeroes
fill:
PHa
Phx

lDa  #0
LdX #0
@again: sta     $00   ,x  ;Yeah, we can use stz, but I just need some code to test nice65!
   inx
bne fill  ; Repeat

; Do unnecessary throwaway stuff to test expressions
lda #<($42  +  %10101010- (foo*2))
cmp A
lda ($1234), X

@ridiculously_long_label_just_for_the_sake_of_it:PLX
pla

rts

After:

        .data
foo:    .byte 1

        .code
; Fill zeropage with zeroes
fill:
        PHA
        PHX

        LDA #0
        LDX #0
    @again:
        STA $00, X      ; Yeah, we can use stz, but I just need some code to test nice65!
        INX
        BNE fill        ; Repeat

; Do unnecessary throwaway stuff to test expressions
        LDA #<($42+%10101010-(foo*2))
        CMP A
        LDA ($1234), X

    @ridiculously_long_label_just_for_the_sake_of_it:
        PLX
        PLA

        RTS

Using with NeoVim

Here's an example on how to have nice65 configured as code formatter for NeoVim with null-ls

1. Make sure you have the following neovim plugins installed:

   • maxbane/vim-asm_ca65 - sets filetype for CA65 buffers
   • jose-elias-alvarez/null-ls.nvim - allows to run custom scripts as language servers

2. Add configuration:

   local null_ls = require("null-ls")
   null_ls.setup({
       on_attach = on_attach, -- Remove this line if you don't use on_attach
   })
   null_ls.register({
       method = null_ls.methods.FORMATTING,
       filetypes = { 'asm_ca65' },
       generator = null_ls.formatter({
           command = '/path/to/nice65.py', -- point at nice65.py in your filesystem
           args = {'-'},
           to_stdin = true,
           from_stdout = true,
       }),
   })
   

3. Trigger the formatting:

   :lua vim.lsp.buf.format()