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

[Bob Devries]

Thanks Robert for this concise documentation of asm's options. The 
options are there in the Level 1 manual, but finding them can be a bit 
of a pain.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

On 13/08/2014 9:56 AM, Robert Gault 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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