Crunchie: File Crunchie:files.messages not found

As the title says, I am running an updated version of Crunchie downloaded today and I get an error window saying:
Error 214: File Crunchie:files.messages not found at line 600.

As the error says, there is no messages file in the files directory.

Any ideas what I have done wrong?

I think I have deleted all previous version from this Ras Pi.

I do not have Reporter.

I have tried crunching my own program (240K)
Run Crunchie:Crunchie <Obey$Dir>.!RunImage <Obey$Dir>.!Crunched -emptyoff -joinoff -nextoff -af RAM::RamDisc0.$.Analysis

and the uncrunched file for Crunchie. Both give the same Error and no analysis.

Amusingly Source.Crunchie and !RunImage are different versions. Try dropping a copy of Messages from Resources into Files. Or try Run Crunchie:!RunImage ... (0.84)

Hmmmm. Source.Crunchie has some errors of its own.

REM statements not preceded by a colon.

Are you using v0.86, which seems to be the latest on the website?
I have prodded Steve, as I know there is a later version with the messages bug (and others) fixed.

The zipfile is v0.86.

but !RunImage says Crunchie:!RunImage 0.84

I am suitably prodded. ;-)

How pleasing to know that more than one person is using Crunchie. I had better start supporting it.

Martin is right, there were some bugs that I ironed out and sent just to him. I will dig that out and tidy up the download. There remain a few quirks that could still have some work done on them.

Be aware that the !RunImage is for the desktop front end. The Crunchie utility is separate and they may well have different version numbers. It is probably best to not use the front end, because it is to some extent experimental.

REM statements not preceded by a colon.

REM statements do not have to have a colon, but my practice is to insert one. The only requirement is that the REM must be ‘distinct’ from other things to be tokenised correctly. I always have BASIC$Crunch set so colon and REM statement are removed. Sometimes I forget that others do not do this and leave a REM after an IF…THEN, which can cause problems. ;-(

I do not have Reporter.

Why? ;-)

How pleasing to know that more than one person is using Crunchie. I had better start supporting it.

I look forward to the next release. I like Crunchie.

REM statements do not have to have a colon, but my practice is to insert one.

I have learned a bit more.

PRINT 6 REM notOK will fail
whereas
DEF PROCtest REM OK seems to be allowed

Why? ;-)

There are lots of things I do not have. My brain is already full.

OK. Although the Downloads page does not point to it, Crunchie v0.93 is already uploaded.

This version does not have the front end and has some significant changes over v0.86, so worth checking the manual.

I will have a more detailed check ‘in due course’. ;-)

PRINT 6 REM notOK will fail

Ah! Another problem with PRINT, which might be called a bug rather than a feature. I would not see that myself, because I have BASIC$Crunch set.

I have to recommend having it set most strongly. The reasons for BASIC V having to have this switch have long gone, and BASIC VI always does the crunch.

Crunchie sets BASIC$Crunch when loading programs as libraries, but honours the user’s setting by restoring it after. Basalt sets BASIC$Crunch, and that is it. ;-)

Another REM gotcha is that nothing after the DATA keyword is tokenised. You would not think this mattered, but it also applies to LOCAL DATA and RESTORE DATA, which cannot be followed by a REM, or indeed anything. BASIC$Crunch does not help here. ;-(

Crunchie, as with all crunchers, has to deal with DATA as best it can.

There are lots of things I do not have. My brain is already full.

Plug mode On.
If you are writing BASIC programs that are large enough to warrant using Crunchie, then I would strongly suggest that Reporter would help to reduce the brain-ache when trying to debug your program … unless you only write totally bug-free programs.
Crunchie will automatically remove VDU:*Report debugging code as well.
End of plug.

Alternatively, you could accept that other people have effective ways of debugging BASIC programs.

OK. Although the Downloads page does not point to it, Crunchie v0.93 is already uploaded.

Ah. Thank you for that.

Sorry I missed the post first time; being distracted by the non related answers to the original post.