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Hi,

I was hoping use GWASL with QD ASM thing in SMSQmulator.

Can GWASL accept filenames in the command line?

Hi Derek,

Sorry, no. George's Gwasl manual states that you just exec the program then press 1 to assemble. You are prompted for a filename at that point.

Gwass, on the other hand accepts a directive:

A\n\filenam_1\filename_2\...

Where A is just a capital A; n is the number of files; followed by n files to assemble.

HTH

Cheers,
Norm.

Hi Norm,

Gthank you for the confirmation.

GWASL be altered to accept command lines?

Possibly. The source code is available at http://gwiltprogs.info/gwasls08.zip.

Cheers,
Norm.

pjw wrote:Pressing the hotkey turns tab (de)compression on for that instance of QD and reloads the file making it readable.

Just checking, you know that there is the "Delete controlcodes" command that expands the tabs without a reload?

Apart from that, I don't quite get issue with tab compression. I've configured QD to automatically decompress tabs for _asm files and therefore you don't notice it at all.

All the best, Marcel

Hi,

I think Per's point is that uncompressed TABs can cause the assembley source fike to be too large.

But, why not decompress TABs on loading ibto QD, then compress TABs on save.

I am not sure if QD can be configured like this.

Derek_Stewart wrote:But, why not decompress TABs on loading ibto QD, then compress TABs on save.

Umm, that's exactly what it does. That's why I wrote my message.

I am not sure if QD can be configured like this.

I'm pretty sure, I've been using that feature for 15 years.

Derek_Stewart wrote:Hi,

I think Per's point is that uncompressed TABs can cause the assembley source fike to be too large.

But, why not decompress TABs on loading ibto QD, then compress TABs on save.

I am not sure if QD can be configured like this.

It can, but its a nuisance when viewing files in QPAC for those of us who cant read binary natively, and when you want to use the same file with any other editor.

Hi,

I do not like the idea of compressed TABs, as I like to the see the structure of the spacing that TABed text employs.

But I am a little worried that QMAC is running out of space due to TABbed entries, how si the maximum data in QMAC?

Derek_Stewart wrote:But I am a little worried that QMAC is running out of space due to TABbed entries, how si the maximum data in QMAC?

I ask myself, why must a line exceed 80 characters? Isn't that enough for an ASM source?