Re: [stella] DASM - Version 2.20.07 released (MAC)

[Ruffin Bailey <rufbo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> @Ruffin: I looked into Commando briefly and found that it inserts 
> spaces between the different command-line, um, bits.
[snip]
> Having perused the commando docs, I found no way around this short of 
> modifying DASM's source code to allow the spaces.
>
> Personally, and IMO, I think it's a lot easier to type a command line 
> once than to navigate commando each time you want to compile your 
> source code.

I would tend to agree.  It's a great crutch when you're learning, 
however, and does help you do a bit more than cut and paste the same 
line everyone else is using.  Helps a bit learning flags, etc.

But the command line (not to mention Darwin itself) has been a huge 
boon in OS X.

> Re: OS X's command line terminal (which I've yet to use), does it have 
> commando-like functionality?

Nope, since commando's a separate tool in MPW, you'd have to write your 
own in X, so to speak.

Now writing a helper app *is* something I'd be happy to do if 
someone'll help me compile dasm on OS X.

Are there any "gotchas" when compiling for the Mac?  When I first tried 
for Classic years ago, there were endian issues with the PowerPC which 
made things a little difficult.  Naturally DiStella compiled without a 
hitch, since it was just taking an existing binary and putting out 
ASCII.  Not so with DAsm & Makewav, and I had to wait for someone to 
drop by and replace RAsm, the compiler I was using/distributing, for me.

Thanks!

Ruffin Bailey

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