[Coco] ASM parameters was: Which version of asm is the most popular?

Kandur k at qdv.pw
Wed Aug 13 00:44:25 EDT 2014


Works great!
asm term-dd.a  u l o=/d1/objects/term-dd.o >term-dd.txt

Kandur

Tuesday, August 12, 2014, 4:56:25 PM, you wrote:
> There is no internal help for the OS-9 command ASM nor is there an entry in the 
> OS-9 command HELP for asm. This seems like a good time to refresh our memories 
> on this program's parameters.

> I was complaining about the case sensitivity of the current ASM and did find an 
> assembly switch that could turn it off. After spending some time studying the 
> source code, I've found there is a parameter that can select for case 
> sensitivity ON/OFF. Could be a 'senior moment' or I never knew this parameter 
> existed, so ....

> ASM parameters which need to be separated by a space or maybe a ,
> U  :turn OFF case sensitivity as everything is forced Upper
> -U :case sensitivity ON (default)
> W  :line width option for printing
> D  :page depth         "
> L  :listing ON
> -L :listing OFF (default)
> N  :narrow listing for 32 character screen
> -N :full (default)
> O  :create object file in CMDS unless specified
> -O :no object file (default)
> S  :symbol table if Listing is ON. You get ALL the def info!
> -S :no symbol table (default)

> There are some others but they would not be used in the command line.

> Robert


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