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diff --git a/doc/mdk_emixvm.texi b/doc/mdk_emixvm.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8fcbf55 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/mdk_emixvm.texi @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +@node mixvm.el, mixvm, Getting started, Top +@comment node-name, next, previous, up +@chapter mixvm.el + +If you are an Emacs user and write your MIXAL programs using this +editor, you will find the elisp program @file{mixvm.el} quite +useful@footnote{@file{mixvm.el} has been kindly contributed by +@value{PHILIP}. @file{mixvm.el} is based on a study of gdb, perldb, and +pdb as found in @file{gud.el}, and @file{rubydb3x.el} distributed with +the source code to the Ruby language.}. @file{mixvm.el} allows running +the MIX virtual machine @code{mixvm} (@pxref{mixvm}) inside an Emacs +@acronym{GUD} buffer, while visiting the MIXAL source file in another +buffer. + +After installing @file{mixvm.el} (@pxref{Emacs support}), you can +initiate an @sc{mdk}/@acronym{GUD} session inside Emacs with the command + +@example +M-x mixvm +@end example + +@noindent +and you will have a @code{mixvm} prompt inside a newly created +@acronym{GUD} buffer. @acronym{GUD} will reflect the current line in the +corresponding source file buffer. |