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6502bench Source Code Notes
All of the code is written in C# .NET, using the (free to download) Visual Studio Community 2022 IDE as the primary development environment. The user interface uses the WPF API, targeted at .NET Framework 4.6.2. To build the sources, clone the git repository and open "WorkBench.sln" in Visual Studio 2019 or later. The Solution file is called "WorkBench.sln" rather than "6502bench.sln" because some things in Visual Studio got weird when it didn't start with a letter.
When installing Visual Studio, be sure to include ".NET Desktop Development". You may also need to install the .NET Framework 4.6.2 "Dev Pack" (as a separate download, or via the "individual components" tab in the Visual Studio Installer).
The code style is closer to what Android uses than "standard" C#. Lines are folded to fit 100 columns.
SourceGen Points of Interest
Places to start...
The main window UI is in WpfGui/MainWindow.xaml[.cs]. Much of the implementation lives in MainController.cs.
The top-level object for the project data is DisasmProject.cs. The Analyze() method drives the code and data analysis process. ApplyChanges() is the heart of the undo/redo system.
Source code generation and assembler execution is routed through AsmGen/AssemblerInfo.cs. If you want to add support for a new cross-assembler, start by adding new entries to the enum and data tables there.
Nothing specific to a target system is baked into the main application. The SourceGen/RuntimeData directory has the system definitions used for the "new project" list, along with subdirectories with symbol files and extension scripts. The README file there explains a bit more.