ASM6 symbol file output.

[Movax12]

Oh, I never use those. That could be a problem.

[sonder]

Oh, I never use those. That could be a problem.

Ha. Give them a try. You might learn why I prefer asm6...

[tokumaru]

Oh, I never use those. That could be a problem.

Heh, I, on the other hand, am probably abusing them... For example, I do this for placing code/data at the very end of a bank (the "Game.FixedBank = $" is so I can include this multiple times):

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	.org $10000 - (+FixedBankEnd - +FixedBankStart)

Game.FixedBank = $

+FixedBankStart:

	.include "interrupts\System.NMI.asm"
	.include "interrupts\System.IRQ.asm"
	.include "interrupts\System.Reset.asm"
	.include "tables\System.BankIndexes.asm"
	.include "tables\System.InterruptVectors.asm"

+FixedBankEnd:

I don't know how easy/possible this is in other assemblers.

[sonder]

OK. I cleaned up the source's formatting (Loopy apparently hated whitespace) and got it compiling and assembling my project.

Now to add the symbol file output. Can anyone help me with the format? I tried looking at an output file from a cc65 project thinking I could figure it out... and I can't.

[Movax12]

Oh, I never use those. That could be a problem.

Ha. Give them a try. You might learn why I prefer asm6...

I agree that asm6 does a better job here, but I have other means. https://www.assembla.com/spaces/ca65hl/wiki

Regarding debug output format, maybe try to talk to thefox or qbradq on these forums.

[thefox]

Now to add the symbol file output. Can anyone help me with the format? I tried looking at an output file from a cc65 project thinking I could figure it out... and I can't.

There's a file called "dbginfo.c" (and the corresponding header) in the CC65 sources, NintendulatorDX and NESICIDE use it to parse debug info files generated by CC65. The source can be helpful in figuring out the format, and you can also use it to fairly easily test if the debug files you have generated parse correctly.

It's probably not straightforward to generate them from other assemblers though because of how closely the format is tied to CC65. Especially if you want to support everything like source line infos.

I also seem to remember there is a small command line utility in the CC65 package that could be used to browse debug files.

[Dwedit]

Don't forget that ASM6 can already make listing files, which are useful in their own way.

[sonder]

Don't forget that ASM6 can already make listing files, which are useful in their own way.

yeah that's what i've been relying on to do my debugging. manually tabbing back and forth and noting addresses. it's not much fun.

[sonder]

OK. I cleaned up the source's formatting (Loopy apparently hated whitespace) and got it compiling and assembling my project.

Now to add the symbol file output. Can anyone help me with the format? I tried looking at an output file from a cc65 project thinking I could figure it out... and I can't.

I just added FCEUX label file export to asm6 since it had clear documentation and a straightforward format.

Here's the modded version + source. There's no commandline option, it just always outputs the nl files. I'll let someone else take care of that.

[Ti_]

Here's the modded version + source. There's no commandline option, it just always outputs the nl files. I'll let someone else take care of that.

It's 64 bit? Can you make win32?

[sonder]

Here's the modded version + source. There's no commandline option, it just always outputs the nl files. I'll let someone else take care of that.

It's 64 bit? Can you make win32?

Grab Tiny C compiler and compile it, the source is included. I'm sure people would appreciate it if you posted a 32bit version, I just don't wanna mess with that.

[Ti_]

Well, ok. It's works, thank you.

Symbols files for labels and ram created. The only thing not working is equ's (like objects_X_low equ $300).

[sonder]

Well, ok. It's works, thank you.

Symbols files for labels and ram created. The only thing not working is equ's (like objects_X_low equ $300).

Ah, yeah. Nice catch. I meant to add those, should be fairly easy. Will post an update.

[sonder]

Well, ok. It's works, thank you.

Symbols files for labels and ram created. The only thing not working is equ's (like objects_X_low equ $300).

Ah, yeah. Nice catch. I meant to add those, should be fairly easy. Will post an update.

Here. Note that I made it ignore all equates and values that are 1 character, so that indexes and such aren't included.

[Zipper]

Great work sonder!!! Thanks.