QI text format

Quick Information Compiler - compiler for .qi binary config files, used by FarOS

Datatypes

Datatype	Meaning
int8 - int64 by mult. of 8	raw integer values (a word of that width) of respective bit size
block/endblock	block of several entries (no resulting data change)
rept/endrept	repeat the contents a provided number of times. data inside can still be accessed elsewhere

Structure

• datatype: /([iu]\d{1,2}|(end)?(block|rept))/
• label: [a-z]+
• combination: \[value [+-*/] value\]
• value: integer | hexinteger | =label
• entry: datatype label : value

Only entries inside blocks are included in final output - intermediate entries are allowed outside of blocks, as only one modification is allowed per each expression

Special Compiler Commands

• !magic and !nomagic - enables/disables magic number, default on
• !align [value] - aligns file to certain binary block width
• e$[VAR] - get environment variable