diff --git a/docs/directives.md b/docs/directives.md index 66d2770..ff488b3 100644 --- a/docs/directives.md +++ b/docs/directives.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ is the same as Some directives change behavior based on [command line options](command_line_options.md), such as -endm, -xrefimp, -kickasm and -merlin. -## CPU, PROCESSOR +### CPU, PROCESSOR Assemble for this target, valid options are: * 6502 @@ -26,47 +26,47 @@ example: cpu 6502ill -## PC, ORG +### PC, ORG Assemble as if loaded at this address -## LOAD +### LOAD If applicable, instruct to load at this address -## EXPORT +### EXPORT Export this section or disable export Note that with the -xdefimp command line option this means XDEF instead and the EXPORT directive is not available. -## SECTION, SEG, SEGMENT +### SECTION, SEG, SEGMENT Enable code that will be assigned a start address during a link step, or alternatively its own load address. BSS and ZP sections will not be included in the binary output, and sections can be separately exported using the EXPORT directive. -## MERGE +### MERGE Merge named sections in order listed -## LINK +### LINK Put sections with this name at this address (must be ORG / fixed address section) -## XDEF +### XDEF Externally declare a symbol. When using the command line option -xdefimp EXPORT means the same thing. -## XREF +### XREF Reference an external symbol. When using the command line option -xdefimp IMPORT means the same thing. -## INCOBJ +### INCOBJ Read in an object file saved from a previous build (that was assembled using the -obj command line option). -## ALIGN +### ALIGN Add to address to make it evenly divisible by this. This only works at the start of a SECTION or in the middle of a section that is assembled to a fixed address. -## MACRO, MAC +### MACRO, MAC Create a macro. When used with the command line option -endm the macro ends with a ENDMACRO or ENDM directive, and if not using -endm the macro is defined within braces ( { and } ). @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Create a macro. When used with the command line option -endm the macro ends with ENDM -## EVAL, PRINT, ECHO +### EVAL, PRINT, ECHO Print expression to stdout during assemble. The syntax is: @@ -95,41 +95,41 @@ for example eval Checking referenced function, Should be 0: .referenced(test_stack) eval Checking defined function, Should be 1: .defined(test_stack) -## DC, DV +### DC, DV Declare constant / Declare Value. The directive can be specific by appending .b for byte size, .w for word size, .t for triple size or .l for long size. The default size is 1 byte. Test: dc.b $20, *-Test -## BYTE, BYTES +### BYTE, BYTES Same as dc.b -## WORD, WORDS +### WORD, WORDS Same as dc.w -## LONG +### LONG Same as dc.l -## TEXT +### TEXT Add text to output, the order of characters can be changed with a string symbol, for instance: STRING FontOrder = " ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!#$%&*" TEXT [FontOrder] "HELLO #1!" -## INCLUDE +### INCLUDE Load and assemble another file at this address. -## INCBIN +### INCBIN Load another file and include as binary data at this address. -## INCSYM +### INCSYM Load symbols from a .sym file @@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ Symbols can also be selected by a list on the same line: INCSYM InitMain, UpdateMain, ShutdownMain, "Main.Sym" -## INCDIR +### INCDIR Add a folder to search for include files. -## IMPORT +### IMPORT Generic version of INCLUDE, INCBIN with custom arguments @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Generic version of INCLUDE, INCBIN with custom arguments Note that if the command line argument -xdefimp is used then IMPORT is equivalent to XREF instead. -## CONST +### CONST Declare a symbol as const, assgning it again will cause an error. @@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ Declare a symbol as const, assgning it again will cause an error. The constness of a symbol can be tested with the IFCONST directive or the CONST() eval function. -## LABEL +### LABEL Optional directive create a mutable label, a way to specify non-CONST. It has no actual function. -## STRING +### STRING Declare a string symbol. Strings are a little bit limited but can be used for ordering characters in a TEXT declaration, or it can be used as assembler source. @@ -214,14 +214,14 @@ Declare a string symbol. Strings are a little bit limited but can be used for or sta buf2,x forend -## UNDEF +### UNDEF Remove a symbol like_bananas = 1 UNDEF like_bananas -## LABPOOL, POOL +### LABPOOL, POOL Create a pool of addresses to assign as labels dynamically. This acts as a linear stack allocator for temporary storage and is deallocated when the scope ends if declared as a local symbol. @@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ Allocate from a pool by using the pool name zpLocal .zpCount ; 1 byte, same address as .zpSrc used above } -## IF +### IF Begin conditional code. Whatever lines follow will be assembled only if the expression following the IF evaluates to a non-zero value, the conditional block ends with ELSE, ELSEIF or ENDIF. @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Begin conditional code. Whatever lines follow will be assembled only if the expr ... ; this will be assembled because conditional_code is not zero ENDIF -## IFDEF, IFNDEF +### IFDEF, IFNDEF Similar to IF but only takes one symbol and the following lines will be assembled only if the symbol was defined previously (IFDEF) or not defined previously (IFNDEF) @@ -265,19 +265,19 @@ Similar to IF but only takes one symbol and the following lines will be assemble ... ; this will be assembled because defined_symbol exists ENDIF -## IFCONST +### IFCONST Similar to IF but like IFDEF only takes one symbol and the following lines will be assembled if the symbol is CONST. The symbol should be defined prior to testing it. CONST() is also an Eval Function that can be used to form more complex expressions using IF. IFCONST is equivalent to IF CONST() -## IFBLANK, IFNBLANK +### IFBLANK, IFNBLANK Checks if the argument exists, mostly for use in macros to test if an argument exists. BLANK() is also an Eval Function, IFBLANK is equivalent to IF BLANK(...) -## ELSE +### ELSE Requires a prior IF, the following line will be assembled only if the prior conditional block was not assembled. ELSE must be terminated by an ENDIF @@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Requires a prior IF, the following line will be assembled only if the prior cond lda #2 ENDIF -## ELIF +### ELIF Requires a prior IF and allows another expression check before ending the conditional blocks @@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ Requires a prior IF and allows another expression check before ending the condit lda #human_value ENDIF -## ENDIF +### ENDIF Terminated a conditional segment of blocks. -## STRUCT +### STRUCT Declare a set of labels offset from a base address. @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ Members of the structure can be referenced by the struct name dot member name: ArtSetData: ds SIZEOF(ArtSet) -## ENUM +### ENUM Declare a set of incremental labels. Values can either be assigned or one more than the previous. The default first value is 0. @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Enum values can be referenced by enum name dot value name: lda #PlayerIndex.Four -## REPT, REPEAT +### REPT, REPEAT Repeats the code within { and } following the REPT directive and counter. Within the REPT code the symbol REPT has the current iteration count, starting at 0. @@ -361,25 +361,25 @@ If the command line option -endm is used then REPT uses ENDR instead of the brac dc.b rept / 2 .endr -## A16, A8, XY16, XY8, I16, I8 +### A16, A8, XY16, XY8, I16, I8 Specific to 65816 assembly, controls the current accumulator and index register width (8 or 16 bits). Different assemblers use different names so various alternatives are allowed. -## DUMMY, DUMMY_END +### DUMMY, DUMMY_END Creates a dummy section between DUMMY and DUMMY_END directives. -## DS, RES +### DS, RES Define "section", Reserve. Reserves a number of bytes at the current address. The first argument is the number of bytes and the second argument is optional and is the byte to fill with. The main purpose is to reserve space in a BSS or ZP section. -## SCOPE, ENDSCOPE +### SCOPE, ENDSCOPE A specialized version of a scope, does the same this as a brace scope (code between { and }) but additionally marks all labels defined within as local. An unimplemented feature is that the scope can be named and then labels defined can be accessed outside the scope as ::