[Coco] debugging in MESS

[Robert Gault]

David Roper wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> What's the best way to debug assembly code, when developing using MESS? 
> I'd rather not have to fire up JVC's emulator just for the debugger!
> 
> Kind regards,
> David
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Kind of depends on what your goals are. If you are equipped to compile 
MESS from the source code, you can create a version of MESS with a 
debugger similar to the one in the JVC emulator. That probably is better 
at debugging MESS than something running in emulation.

Even with the distributed versions of MESS, you can still debug Basic or 
OS-9 programs just as you would do that on a real Coco. Basic has the 
commands TRON & TROFF, EDTASM has a built-in debugger, and OS-9 also has 
the command debug which is part of the NitrOS-9 distribution.