> I like it. :)
Good to hear.
> I haven't used it much; debuggers are generally my last resort. (Though I am, coincidentally, using it right now.)
>
> One thing that would be nice: when stepping through code, if you could see the next 5-10 instructions in ROM. And maybe the previous five. Without that, I am constantly referring back and forth between my code and the debugger, which makes for slow going.
The (currently blank) ROM tab in the GUI will have a scrollable
disassembly/source view.. for now, you can use a command like
"dis pc-5" to disassemble from the current PC minus 5 (bytes, that
is, not instructions).
Actually, I guess this is as good a time as any to mention this:
We've now got automated nightly Stella Windows [*] and Linux builds
available. They're at:
http://www.hardcoders.org/stella_nightly/
The build from early this morning has the bare beginnings of source-level
debugging: you can load a listing file (or name it "romname.lst" and it'll
autoload) and view it...
dasm file.asm -lfile.lst -sfile.sym -ofile.bin
stella file.bin
...then from within the debugger:
list $f0f0
...will show the listing starting a couple of lines above the instruction
at address $f0f0. You could also say "list pc" to do the same for the
current program counter. Obviously, there's a *lot* more to source-level
debugging than this, but be patient :)
[*] The Windows zipfiles don't include SDL.dll, since it's kind of big
and doesn't change. You need a copy in either the program directory or
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 or somewhere else Windows will know to look for it.
Enjoy!
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